Ponce-Denis Écouchard LE BRUN

New edition illustrated with a frontispiece engraved by Ambroise Tardieu.
Half red calf binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt tools and fleurons and blind fillets, gilt fillets highlighting the raised bands, gilt dentelle and fillets at head and foot, marbled paper boards, pastedowns and endpapers, all edges marbled.
Spine lightly faded, headcaps lightly rubbed, occasional foxing.

Illustrated edition, with a frontispiece portrait of the author by Devéria engraved by Dequevaullier.
Contemporary full aubergine calf binding, smooth spine richly decorated with gilt rococo tools, triple gilt fillet and cold-stamped dentelle framing the boards, small fleurons in the corners, large cold-stamped central panel featuring a rosette surrounded by rococo motifs on both boards, wide gilt roll framing the pastedowns, marbled paper pastedowns and endpapers, gilt roll on the leading edges and headcaps, some traces of rubbing, all edges gilt, contemporary binding.
Some foxing.
A handsome copy in a superb Romantic binding.

First collected edition.
Bound in full marbled fawn sheep, smooth spines richly decorated with cross-hatched compartments, morocco title and volume labels in burgundy, upper headcaps worn, some tears notably at foot of spines, gilt roulettes on headcaps, covers framed with gilt floral dentelle, second cover of first volume marginally scuffed, gilt pointillé on edges, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, some corners slightly bumped, marbled edges, contemporary binding.
Portrait of the author as frontispiece to first volume.
Occasional foxing.