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Catalogue de livres d'estampes et de figures en taille-douce : avec un denombrement des pieces qui y sont contenuës

Marolles, Michel de, 1600-1681, Langlois, Jacques, fils, 17th cent · 1672 · A Paris : De l'imprimerie de Iacques Langlois fils ... · 14 pictures

A 1672 Paris catalogue of Michel de Marolles's collection of prints and illustrated books, printed by Jacques Langlois fils, listing the sheets it contained for collectors, dealers and print scholars. The plates reproduce engravers' monograms as numbered woodcut facsimiles: ligatured initials, cross-and-orb and anchor devices, letters boxed in ruled frames, and a two-handled vase flanked by leafy branches, usable as compact marks, ciphers and logotype models.

Marolles, Michel de, 1600-1681 · Illustrated books · Engraving · Engravers' marks

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