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Aubry, Charles (France 1st h. of the 19th cent.). Chasses Anciennes d’après les Manuscrits des XIV & XVe Siècles. Set of

12  lithographs

(35-41.5 x 27-29 cm). Paris, Ch. Motte, 1837. Large folio. Loosely in orig. laid watermarked wrapper with illustrated lith. front cover in colour. Uncut.

Charles Aubry, Chasses Anciennes d'après les Manuscrits des XIV & XVe Siècles (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Une St. Hubert (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Chasse au sanglier (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Chasse au cerf (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Chasse de l'antilope au léopard (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, La chasse du loup (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Chasse au faucon (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Chasse au lievre à force (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Des chiens courans (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Chasse de gazelles (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Sous Charlemagne (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Chasse de l'autruche et de l'éléphant (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Chasse au renard (Chasses Anciennes)Charles Aubry, Chasse au lievre à force (detail) (Chasses Anciennes)

Thiébaud 48; Schwerdt I, 47 (ordinary edition as here, too); Souhart 28; Cat. Jeanson 45 (coloured luxury edition); Lipperheide Tf 24; AKL V, 587, mixing l’Histoire de l’Equitation + Chasses Anciennes to one work, described bibliographically incorrectly, too. – On large strong paper with publishers’ dry-stamp. – Isolated small tears in the wide white margins restored acid-freely. Mostly only within the latters quite minimal brown spots and quite outside a weak water streak. The wrapper time-marked as usual but without impairment of its illustration which is dominated by silence as well as rich happening.

Quite in contrast to the “Equitation” set, mentioned also within the title here, rare as also qualified by Boerner (CXII, 2296) already in 1912.

Designed in the so-called troubadour style with a main picture as total scenery and a number of instructive smaller details, explained by text strewn in. By which Aubry (“known lithographer”, Thieme-Becker) “achieved an exemplary effect in his genre. In the late work he renounced quite to this framework. 1822 professor for painting at the Ecole Royale de Cavalerie at Saumur. Produced especially hunting, genre, and military scenes in the manner of the Vernets and competed in this respect with Victor Adam, too” (AKL). – Signed and monogrammed (2) resp. in the stone throughout, 3 dated with 1835 and 1836 (2) resp.

Une St. Hubert – Chasse au sanglier – Chasse au cerf – Chasse de l’antilope au léopard – La chasse du loup – Chasse au  faucon – Chasse au lievre à force – Des chiens courans – Chasse de gazelles – Sous Charlemagne (i. a. with a splendid hunting pageant with  falconers, the large pack of hounds, bears, lions and cats, partly tamed) – Chasse de l’autruche et de l’éléphant – Chasse au renard.
Offer no. 12,101 / EUR  620. / export price EUR  589. (c. US$ 822.) + shipping


“  … that I have received the parcel in good order. Very well and professional packed indeed. The litho of Mourot is according to my expectations. The drawing is rare. Colouring most probably same time … ”

(Mr. P. v. d. W., June 26, 2003)

 

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