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18 suites and 4 unassigned plates in one volume, folio (21 5/8 x 14 inches). Engraved throughout. 150 leaves with 13 titles and 161 plates, all after Lajoue (1 folding, 1 hand-coloured reverse-printed 'vue d'optique' plate), most plates mounted to size, some plates cut to the edge or into the plate area. Green morocco gilt, covers with wide decorative border tooled in gilt, expertly rebacked to style, spine in compartments with double raised bands, lettered gilt Provenance: F.A. Magliss (inscription dated 1905? on the verso of the second plate in the 16th suite) A unique 'sammelband' including the greatest engraved work produced from Jacques de Lajoue drawings: a celebration of French rocaille at its peak, as executed by an exuberant master. Jacques de Lajoue 'is one of a group of masters who, during the last years of Louis XIV's reign, reacted against the conventional austerity and heaviness of form that characterised the art of the 17th century. Gillot, Watteau, Aurèle Meissonier and Gilles-Marie Oppenoord were friends of his. Alongside them he provided work for Gabriel Huquier to engrave. Huquier rendered 39 [sic.] drawings by Lajoue - of ornaments, trophies, griffins [sic.] and architectural monuments . It was through his influence that the taste for rocaille developed' (Benezit VIII, p.322). Lajoue 'was the son of the architect and master mason Jacques de La Joue and Marguerite Cannaban. He was accepted by the Académie Royale as an architectural painter on 26 April 1721 and he continued to take part in its exhibitions until 1753. He exhibited at the Place Dauphine in 1721 and his success never seems to have waned from this date onwards. He obtained work in several decorative projects in royal palaces and buildings. In 1732, he won great acclaim with a View of the Bibliothèque Ste-Geneviève. From 1730 to 1739, he provided drawings to C. Nicolas Cochin (junior) to be used for engravings . Lajoue was patronised, in particular, by Mme. de Pomadour. [he] was also a close friend of Nicolas Cochin, de Troy, Lemoyne and Coustou the Elder. (op.cit.) This album was apparently assembled in 1905 or shortly afterwards, perhaps by F.A. Magliss. Cohen/de Ricci (column 589) record a similar 'sammelband' but it includes fewer images: 160 images including titles, as opposed to 174 images in the present work. The order in which the various suites are bound here is the same (with one or two insertions or omissions) as the Cohen/de Ricci example: this suggests that the compiler had knowledge either of the Cohen/de Ricci example or of their description of it. The majority of the plates are mounted to size (a few are cut into the plate mark, but, with two exceptions, the image area is not affected). The Berlin Katalog describes a smaller 'sammelband' basically made up from suites 6-10 and 15 from the present work, and their entry includes two of the 'chinoiserie' plates that are part of suite number 18 in this album. The suites are as follows: 1. Livre Nouveau de Douze Morceaux de Fantasie utile a divers usages. Paris: chez l'Auteur . et chez la Veuve Chereau, [no date]. Folio. Title and 11 plates after Lajoue by Lucas, Desplaces, Cochin fils, Guélard, Ch. Duflos, Ravenet and Aveline. (5 plates cut to within the plate mark). 2. [Premier Livre de Divers Morceaux d'Architecture, inventés par J. de La Joue et gravés par Huquier]. Paris: [no date]. Folio. 11 plates after Lajoue by Huquier. (Plates cut to edge of plate mark, lacking title) 3. Deuxieme Partie Livre d'Architecture paisages et perspectives. Paris: chez Huquier, [no date]. Folio. Title and 11 plates after Lajoue by Huquier. (Two plates cut to within the plate mark, the final plate with neat old repairs, the lower left corner of plate 9 torn and repaired) 4. Troisieme Partie Livre d'Architecture, paisages et perspectives. Paris: chez Huquier, [no date]. Folio. Title and 8 plates only (of 11) after Lajoue by Huquier. (Lacking plates numbered 6, 8 and 10). 5. Quatrieme Partie. Livre d'Arch. Codice articolo 19311
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