Antique Print-FRONTISPIECE-ALLEGORY-MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS-FOOL-Bonne-Boily-1787

‘Frontispiece de l’Encyclopedie’

Copperplate engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 22,2 x 28 cm. (8,7 x 11 inch). Image size: 15,4 x 23 cm. (6,1 x 9,1 inch).

Atlas encyclopedique, contenant la geographie ancienne et quelques cartes (?) by Rigobert Bonne and Nicolas Desmarest, published in France 1787.

Made by ‘C. Boily’ after ‘Rigobert Bonne’. Rigobert Bonne, (1727 – 1795), he was one of the most important cartographers of the late 18th century. He succeeded Jacques Nicolas Bellin as Royal Cartographer to France in the office of the Hydrographer at the French Dep?t de la Marine. Engraved by C. Boily after C. Cochin.

Condition: Very good, given age. A few minor crinkles. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: FRONTISPIECE-ALLEGORY-MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS-FOOL

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