VATOUT, J. & QUENOT, J. P. - Galerie lithographiée de so - Lot 569

VATOUT, J. & QUENOT, J. P. - Galerie lithographiée de son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans . Paris, Charles Motte, (1824-1829). 2 vol. gr. in-folio, 2 titles and 153 lithographs on chine collé accompanied by texts, 3 ff. of these browned, qqqs. russ. on the whole, half green long-grained mar. of the ep., spine with ornamented nerves, qqqs. scratches of which one with loss on a hinge, a strongly scratched edge. View of the Palais-Royal, portraits of the Duchesse d'Orléans, Marie Amédée Thérèse Duchesse d'Orléans, Mademoiselle d'Orléans, two of the Duc d'Orléans (Louis-Philippe). 147 paintings reproduced, including: portraits of Louis XIII, Mazarin, Richelieu, Cinq-Mars by le Nain - J. J. Rousseau, Les trois âges, Daphnis et Chloé by Gérard - Le cuirassier, Un officier des chasseurs à cheval, L'étalon, Une fileuse et ses enfants by Géricault - Marine by Isabey - Le Turc by Girodet - Le marchand de tisane, Intérieur d'un café by Boilly - Tombeau de Saint Omer by Bonington - Vue du parc de Neuilly, Paysage by Watelet - nombr. works by Horace Vernet, including the battles of Valmy, Jemmapes, Hanaut, Montmirail, Death of Prince Poniatowsky - etc. Entries include verses by Casimir Delavigne, Alex. Soumet, Delphine Gay, J. de Rességuier, Lamartine, Emile Deschamps, Alex. Dumas, Jules Lefevre, Mélanie Waldor, Ed. d'Anglemont, Alex. Guiraud, etc. The collection formed by the Duc d'Orléans, future King Louis-Philippe, was diminished by the fire of February 21, 1848, and sold at auction after his death on April 28, 1851. Provenance: Collection of Marquis Alphonse d'Aoust (1819-1909); by descent to the present owner.