Author: Bernard Picart (1673-1733)
Title: [Antique prints, vignettes, 1732] Page decoration and an allegory, published 1732, 1 p.
Description: Two vignettes mounted on cardboard. Two works by Bernard Picart.The first vignette depicts a profile of a woman within a laurel wreath surrounded by other geometrical decorations.The second vignette shows History, accompanied by Justice and Truth, presents the book by French writer Jacques Auguste de Thou to Eternity. In the margin a caption in French: L' Histoire accompagné de la Verité et de la Justice presente l'Ouvrage de Mr. de Thou á L'Immortalité.Signed ad dated at bottom left: B. Picart fecit 1732. Etching and engraving on paper mounted on cardboard; ca 75 x 120 mm each. Some rubbing, otherwise in very good condition.

Keywords: Allegories|Book illustrations|French|Frontispiece|Iconography|Literature & Philosophy|Mythology|Women