Jean Auguste Dominique INGRES

First edition of this rare album illustrated with 15 line-engraved plates, each protected by a tissue guard and accompanied by a caption leaf, including a reproduction of the author's portrait drawn by Ingres in Rome in 1818.

Publisher's original full grey boards, flat spine without lettering, some rubbing, blind-ruled borders on covers, a scratch to the foot of the upper cover, central title, corners rubbed.

Some foxing.

Inscribed by Antoine-Marie Chenavard to his friend Antonin L., with the author's signed presentation note.

 

Autograph letter signed by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres to Charles Paillet, with autograph address and title "Honorary Expert Commissioner of the Royal Museums", with postal stamps. Usual fold marks. A marginal tear repaired without affecting the text.

Ingres provides descriptions and exhibition instructions for his two paintings Aretino and the Ambassador of Charles V and Aretino in the Studio of Tintoretto.

First edition of this rare album, published in Lyon in 1861 by the press of Louis Perrin, illustrated with 15 line-engraved plates under captioned tissue guards. At the front appears a facsimile of the portrait of Chenavard drawn by Ingres in Rome in 1818; the remaining plates, engraved by Dubouchet, Séon and Thomassin, reproduce a selection of drawings made during his formative journey through Italy, Sicily and Istria.

 

Contemporary half green calf with corners, spine with four raised bands...

Full-length carte-de-visite albumen photograph of the painter Ingres. Taken by Disdéri, who himself developed this carte-de-visite process in 1854.
Photograph mounted on card bearing the name of Disdéri et Cie. Photographer's advertisement on verso, at the address on boulevard des Italiens. Fine print.
This sitting at Disdéri's studio produced several photographs of the painter, with slightly different poses. This same photograph can be found at the Ingres Museum in Montauban and at the Musée d'Orsay.

Autograph letter signed by painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres about his pupil Albert Magimel, with whom he worked in close collaboration. Magimel published a catalogue raisonné of his master's artworks.
Handsome signature of Ingres in the lower part of the letter.

Les Portraits dessinés de J.-A.-D. Ingres [Ingres's portraits]


Chez J.-E. Bulloz | à Paris 1903 | 37 x 48 cm | loose leaves with custom slipcase
The very rare first edition, consisting of only 100 numbered copies, the text on Arches paper with 100 charcoal portraits laid down on thick grey-blue paper, margins slightly soiled, gilt listel frame to each portrait, Bulloz stamp to lower right.
This copy has a half red morocco chemise with flaps, spine soiled, double gilt fillet to covers, title giltstamped on upper cover, cloth and paper flaps heavily damaged (lower flap lacking), headpieces rubbed with lacks to head and foot...

New edition, a numbered copy on vélin de Lana paper.
With 12 plates hors texte.
A good copy.

First collected edition, one of the numbered copies, the only printing with 100 on vellum.
Work illustrated with drawings by J.A.D. Ingres.
Covers very lightly and marginally faded without any significance.

First edition.
A pale dampstain at foot of the text block, light foxing affecting mainly the edges.
Complete with the publisher's catalogue at rear.