1757 Dezallier Antique H/C Engraving: Sea Molluscs Shell Conchology Rare 7

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

1757 Dezallier Antique H/C Engraving: Sea Molluscs Shell Conchology Rare 7:
$25.00

~ VERY RARE ~

PLATE 7

1757 Authentic Copper Engraving / Book-plate on medium-thin hand-laid paper.

~ Hand-painted by our in-house professional artist using USSR-made vintage natural pigment water colors ~

SIZE:

Full page size is app.8.5” x 11.25\"

SOURCE:

Antoine Joseph Dezallier D\'Argenville\'s

\"La Conchyliologie ou Histoire Naturelle des Coquilles de Mer, d\'Eau Douce, Terrestres et Fossiles\"

Published: Paris, De Bure 1757.

CONDITION:

Please examine the photos. This engraving is about 259 years old. Please magnify and carefully examine the entire scan to judge condition.This is the exactprint you will receive.Very Good+.Offset from the text page, some creasing, light age-staining,rough edge where print was bound into the book, other small blemishes / imperfections.Reverseside is blank.Actualcolors will vary from the scan due to computer calibrationinconsistencies.Pleasekeep in mind that all antique / vintage prints may have odor due toaging.

SHIPPING:

Combined shipping - you only pay for the largest print, additional prints ship free! Paypal only. We ship within 2 business days after payment clears, however, wemake every effort to ship ASAP.Weship in a well-protected flat packaging & will combine shipping. Noreturns please. If your item is damaged in transit, we will refundyour payment upon the proof.

* * *

Dezallier d\'ArgenvilleFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The family ofDezallier d\'Argenvilleproduced two writers and connoisseurs in the course of the 18th century.

Dezallier d\'Argenville.Dezallier d\'Argenville.

Antoine-Joseph Dezallier d\'Argenville(Paris, 1 July 1680–29 November 1765), avocat to theParlement de Parisand secretary to the king, was a connoisseur of gardening who laid out two for himself and his family, before writingLa théorie et la pratique du jardinage(published anonymously, 1709; second edition, 1713), based on his experience and his reading.[1]The majority of the illustrations were byJean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, who was credited as the author in the third edition, 1722.[2]As the work of a gentleman rather than a gardener, as previous French books on gardening had all been, Dezallier d\'Argenville\'s work was laid out like a treatise of architecture, addressed as much to the architect and the patron as to the practicing gardener. As its title suggests, the treatise is composed of two parts: the theoretical principles of the art of fine gardening and its practical applications. The first section considers the principles of siting themaison de plaisancerelative to its gardens, techniques of laying out geometric figures in parterres,avenuesand formal tree plantations (bosquets), and the planning of gardenpavilionsand the siting ofsculpture, an essential element in thejardin français. The second part applies the principles in earth works, terraces and stairs, and thehydraulicsnecessary for constructingjeux d\'eau: fountains, cascades, pools (bassins) and canals.

His rational principles could adapt formalparterregardening to the simplified programs available to the upper middle class,[3]which accounts for the immense popularity of his book, which is the central document in the 18th century formal garden in the wake ofAndré Le Nôtre. The work went through thirteen editions in France,[4]where the English mode of landscape design scarcely made itself known before the French Revolution. It was published in a German version[5]and translated into English by the architectJohn James, asThe Theory and Practice of Gardening(1712, with a 2nd edition in 1728, and a 3rd edition in 1743, when theEnglish landscape garden, might have seemed to make its formal designs passé.) Dezallier d\'Argenville\'sThéoriquein its English version introduced theHa-ha, the invisible fence, to English practice.

Dezailler d\'Argenville was called upon to edit or contribute more than 600 entries in theEncyclopédieofDenis DiderotandJean le Rond d\'Alembert, published in parts from 1751.[6]

Dezallier d\'Argenville\'s interest innatural historyresulted in two treatises, on shells and minerals,L\'histoire naturelle éclaircie dans deux de ses parties principales, la lithologie et la conchyliologie. (Paris 1742)La Conchyliologie, ou Traité sur la nature des coquillages1757 etc.. The connoisseurship of shells and their most colorful and fantastic form was a gentleman\'s occupation and a worthy inclusion in acabinet de curiositésbefore it became a science under theLinnaean systemof classification.

He was elected aFellow of the Royal Societyof London in March 1750.[7]

Beyond his success in the fields of gardening and natural history, Dezallier d’Argenville was a print collector. He organized his extensive collection by subject rather than by school, as outlined in the ‘Lettre sur le choix et l’arrangement d’un Cabinet curieux…’ that he published in theMercure de Francein 1740.[8]Within the ‘Lettre’, which takes the form of an article, Dezallier d’Argenville describes ‘Three volumes containing the clothing and fashion of the different nations of the world’, and a further volume documenting costumes from his native France. The sale of Dezallier’s property, which took place on 3 March 1766 following his death in 1765, mentions within these volumes a total of 1,600 costume prints from the time of King Charles II until 1730. It also describes ‘good prints by le Clerc, Picart, Hollar, Royn de Hoog and several Chinese drawings.’[9]All four volumes are now located at the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal in Paris.[10]

THANK YOU!!!

Froo | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, Marketing, listing Apps, Apps, Application