88. [COLLECTION of FIVE ESTAMPS on the MAIN DAYS of the REVOLUTION]. Paris, 1793-1802, Italian folio, 15 engraved plates, half tile (modest 19th century rel.). Missing in the back. One of the rarest iconographic suites on the French Revolution. It was based on Monnet's drawings, engraved by Helman. "This collection, which has sometimes been confused with the Historical Paintings, did not originally have a printed or engraved title (). At first, it was to include only twelve prints listed in the General Journal of Literature of Thermidor year VI. The last three plates only appeared from 1800 to 1802 (). The only known copy of the original print is in a portfolio of the Pixérécourt collection (). Although the original print is very rare, it is common to find the one by Décrouan (1838)...". (Turns over) Some brown spots in the lower margins, some freckles, marginal tear in the bottom of two boards not reaching the bowl.
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Lot no. 88

88. [COLLECTION of FIVE ESTAMPS on the MAIN DAYS of the REVOLUTION]. Paris, 1793-1802, Italian folio, 15 engraved plates, half tile (modest 19th century rel.). Missing in the back. One of the rarest iconographic suites on the French Revolution. It was based on Monnet's drawings, engraved by Helman. "This collection, which has sometimes been confused with the Historical Paintings, did not originally have a printed or engraved title (). At first, it was to include only twelve prints listed in the General Journal of Literature of Thermidor year VI. The last three plates only appeared from 1800 to 1802 (). The only known copy of the original print is in a portfolio of the Pixérécourt collection (). Although the original print is very rare, it is common to find the one by Décrouan (1838)...". (Turns over) Some brown spots in the lower margins, some freckles, marginal tear in the bottom of two boards not reaching the bowl.

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88. [COLLECTION of FIVE ESTAMPS on the MAIN DAYS of the REVOLUTION]. Paris, 1793-1802, Italian folio, 15 engraved plates, half tile (modest 19th century rel.). Missing in the back. One of the rarest iconographic suites on the French Revolution. It was based on Monnet's drawings, engraved by Helman. "This collection, which has sometimes been confused with the Historical Paintings, did not originally have a printed or engraved title (). At first, it was to include only twelve prints listed in the General Journal of Literature of Thermidor year VI. The last three plates only appeared from 1800 to 1802 (). The only known copy of the original print is in a portfolio of the Pixérécourt collection (). Although the original print is very rare, it is common to find the one by Décrouan (1838)...". (Turns over) Some brown spots in the lower margins, some freckles, marginal tear in the bottom of two boards not reaching the bowl.
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Wednesday 26 February・11:00 (Europe/Paris)
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