['Les Delices De L'Enfance' and five other plates on Chinese themes.]
RA Collection: Book
Record number
05/4478
Variant Title
Délices De L'Enfance
Imprint
à Paris: chès Audran ruë S. Jacques à la Ville de Paris., [17--?]
Physical Description
[6] pl.; 318 mm.
Responsibility Note
All plates are signed as drawn by Fr. Boucher, and as engraved by Balchou (pl.[1]) or Aveline le jeune (pl. [2-6]).
Each carries the imprint of Audran - apart from no. [4], where it seems to have been lost in binding in the Academy's copy.
Summary Note
There is no title-plate or title-page, and no date of publication.
The plates are captioned, and show: [1] Les Delices De L'Enfance; [2] L'Oiseau A Bonnes Fortunes; [3] Le Paquet Incommode; [4] Le Concert Chinois; [5] Le Merite De Tout Pais; [6] La Reveuse. Each plate carries some lines of verse by Saderlet (pl. [1, 2, 4-6]) or Foci (pl. [3]).
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, brown cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Boucher & Verdier. Costumes & Acady. Figures' and 'R.A.' Bound with two others.