Watteau (Antoine) Figures de Differentes Caracteres de Paysages, &

Watteau (Antoine) Figures de Differentes Caracteres de Paysages, & d'Etudes dessinees d'apres Nature, 2 vol., engraved throughout, vol.1 with self-portrait of Watteau by Boucher, title, 4pp. biography, 2ff. epitaph and 1f. preface, vol.2 with title, advertsiement and allegorical frontispiece, and 351 plates on 221 sheets (numbered 1-350 plus an additional unnumbered plate after 270), one plate with tear at inner margin, otherwise generally very clean and crisp, later calf, stamped in gilt and blind, spines richly gilt with double morocco labels, vol.2 upper joint renewed, other joints a little rubbed, folio, Paris, chez Audran & Chereau, c.1735. *** A lovely and complete set of celebrated engravings after Watteau's drawings.

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