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ex-libris THE WORLD OF EX-LIBRIS |
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A historical retrospective 2 EX-LIBRIS FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO DECADENCE 1700 -1860 |
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2b FRENCH EX-LIBRIS 1700 -1800 |
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2b/13. François Montulay (F) +COMTE DELALEU, C2, 115 x
80, 1754.
Viz. Hamilton p. 91 ill.
The cartouche-shaped shield and shell edging with flowers is typical of French ‘rocaille’ style. |
2b/14. Jean Michel Moreau (F, 1741-1814) +DE MARCILLY,
C2, 81 x 52, c.1770.
Viz. GMN p. 112.
The famous Moreau-le-Jeune was a painter by training, but is remembered as a prolific engraver. He however only signed some seven or eight ex-libris, of which this charming plate. A variant of it was engraved by Lefebvre – perhaps ordered by Marcilly, when the first edition had run out. |
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2b/15. Louis Dennel (F, 1741-1806) +DE NEUFVILLE, C2,
186 x 141, c.1770.
A fine example of how supporters in the 18th century lost their proper heraldic function and were reduced to decorative elements. |
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2b/16. Jean Striedbeck (F, 1707-1772) +VIREAU DE
SOMBREUIL, C2, 162 x 137, c.1770.
Viz. GMN p. 123.
Born in Frankfurt, Striedbeck settled in Strasbourg around 1730. He is the author of some 40 bookplates, and had a substantial influence on French artists of his time who visited and worked in his studio. |
2b/17. P. P. Choffard (F, 1730-1809) +FRANçOIS JOS. ANT. DE
HELL, C2, 113 x 69, 1773. Weg 3436.
Viz. GMN p. 111.
Choffard, considered a master ornamentalist of his day, engraved some twenty bookplates of which a number for Swiss personalities. This plate is for a French polititian from Kirchheim in Alsace (1731-1794) who finished his life on the guillotine. The plate has a delicate balance between the image and text cartouche. |
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2b/18. Antoine François Sergent (F, 1751-1836) +CHARLES
CLAUDE D’ARCHAMBAULT, C2, 122 x 80, 1778.
Viz. GMN p. 114. Usually called Sergent-Marceau, this engraver produced a few bookplates such as this which are in pure 18th century style. An active supporter of the Revolution, his19th century work is quite different. A later owner of this plate used the engraved ‘D. D.’ (divinis doctor) as a support for inscribing his name. |
2b/19. Nicolas Oudoux (F) +ABBAYE DE NOYON, C2 + C3,
134 x 150, c.1780.
Viz. Wiggishof, ill. A very free rococo plate by an artist who was a disciple of Claude Audran. It was this sort of aesthetics which brought about a neo-classical reaction in the last decades of the century. |
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2b/20. A. Ollivault (F,) +MME. DU BU DE LONGCHAMP, C2, 99 x
59, c.1790.
Viz. GMN p. 126.
An uncommon woman’s ex-libris of the late 18th century in neo-classical style, with a typical Louis XVI frame which links it aes-thetically to frontispieces and other occasional graphics of the time. Ollivault studied with Striedbeck in Strasbourg before settling in Rennes. |
2b/21. Guillot (F) +BARBEROT D’AUTET, C2, 127 x 90, c.1795.
MNReg B156/2.
Viz. GMN p. 125.
Guillot worked at Dijon, and the Barberot d’Autet family was from Franche Comté. Its style is typical of the late 18th century. The hand-corrected inscription reads ‘Capt. au 29° Regt.’. |
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