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BOUCHARDON, Edme.

L'Anatomie nécessaire pour l'usage du dessin.

Paris: Chereau et Joubert, 1741.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #002909

Large folio (513 x 330 mm). Engraved title, two leaves of engraved explanatory text, and 14 engraved plates of anatomical illustrations by Huquier after Bouchardon, numbered 2 to 15. Contemporary blue papercard boards (rubbed, extremities worn, spine and joints chipped). Internally little browned only, light marginal soiling, occasional minor spotting, few leaves with faint dampstain to upper corner. Provenance: Dr. Maurice Villaret (bookplate to front pastedown). Very good copy. ----

Choulant-Frank, p.275; Waller 1346. FIRST EDITION, VERY RARE. Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762) was a French artist and sculptor to King Louis XV. Entrusted with royal commissions, he created some of the most iconic images of his time. His works were praised and sought after by distinguished art collectors of his time throughout Europe. In 2017, the J. Paul Getty Museum in collaboration with the Musée de Louvre dedicated him an exhibition in Los Angeles. Bouchardon worked a good deal with Gabriel Huquier, who in 1737 began engraving several series of prints after his drawings. (See: Anne-Lise Desmas et al., Bouchardon Royal Artist of the Enlightenment, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2017). - Visit our website for additional images and information.

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