Lot 43: Bérain, Jean. , Ornemens inventez par J. Berain (Desseins de cheminées). Paris: Thuret, [1711]

Name: Bérain, Jean. , Ornemens inventez par J. Berain (Desseins de cheminées). Paris: Thuret, [1711]
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 4q5wlzjku8

Est: £3,000 GBP - £4,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 08, 2008

Item Overview

Description

folio (544 x 373mm.), engraved portrait, 2 engraved title-pages, 109 engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, upper joint cracked, extremities rubbed,a few small stains ; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return

Artist or Maker

Jean (1) Berain

Literature

cf. Berlin Catalogue 343 (Oeuvres)

Notes

A composite volume of various designs by Bérain for chimneys, ceilings, urns, other internal decorations and garden plans, together with his designs for the mausoleum and funeral decorations for Louis Boucherat, Chancellor of France, in the church of St Gervais in 1699.

Auction Details

Continental and Russian Books and Manuscripts

Sotheby's

July 08, 2008, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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