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Beautiful collection of 17th-century etchings depicting animals and landscapes

FLAMEN, Albert.
[Collection of 25 etchings bound in 1 volume].

4 series of respectively 6, 7, 6 and 4 etchings, and 2 separately published etchings (16.5 x 10 to 21 x 12.5 cm).

4 series of respectively 6, 7, 6 and 4 etchings, and 2 separately published etchings (16.5 x 10 to 21 x 12.5 cm).

4 series of respectively 6, 7, 6 and 4 etchings, and 2 separately published etchings (16.5 x 10 to 21 x 12.5 cm).

4 series of respectively 6, 7, 6 and 4 etchings, and 2 separately published etchings (16.5 x 10 to 21 x 12.5 cm).

4 series of respectively 6, 7, 6 and 4 etchings, and 2 separately published etchings (16.5 x 10 to 21 x 12.5 cm).



Paris, [ca. 1650-1670]. 4 series of respectively 6, 7, 6 and 4 etchings, and 2 separately published etchings (16.5 x 10 to 21 x 12.5 cm).

A fine collection of etchings, all in first or early state, by Albert Flamen, painter, draughtsman and etcher. active at Paris from 1648 to circa 1693. He belonged to the French school of Callot and mostly worked after his own designs. The present collection includes the series Divers combats, Diverses especes danimaus, Veuës et païsages du Chasteau de Longuetoise et des environs, and Différentes vues, showing combat scenes, animals, and views.

The collection comprises:
(1) Divers combats, dediez a Monsieur le Marquis d'Albert, Comte de Sorel, Baron de Chars, &c. Par son tres humble serviteur Albert Flamen. [Paris, J. Lagniet, no date]. Series of 6 etched scenes of combat on horse-back, including title with dedicatory coat of arms in centre, all signed. First state before the address of J. Lagniet.  
(2) Diverses especes danimaus faits apres nature, dediees a Monsieur le Marquis de Gyé d'Entraques, Comte de Marcoussy Boismalesherbes, Baron d'Yeure le Chastel, et autres lieux &c. Lieutenant Colonnel d'un Regiment de Cavallerie Allemande. Par son tres-humble serviteur AB Flamen. Avec Privilege du Roy. [Paris, no publisher & year]. Series of 7 etched plates, including title, depicting animals in a landscape, 2 including a pastoral farmhouse in the background, showing horses, sheep, cattle, goats, Indian rabbits and foxes, all signed, with titles in French below. First state (?) before the numbering. 
(3) Veuës et païsages du Chasteau de Longuetoise et des environs. Dediés a Mr. de Seue, Abbé de l'Isle. Dessinés et gravés par Albert Flamen. Avec Privil. du Roy. [Paris, J. Lagniet, no date]. Series of 6 (of 12) etched views of the house, gardens and landscapes in the environment of the Castle of Longuetoise, all signed and with French titles below. First state before the numbering and the address of J. Lagniet. 
(4) [Différentes vues]. Series of 4 numbered finely etched views, titled: 1. Veuë du port a l'Anglois du coste de Charenton. View of some faraway houses, with pastoral water-scene. 2. Veuë de Constan du coste d'Iury. View of a city in the background, with pastoral scene with sheep, and people on horse-back and on foot in the foreground. 3. Veuë du Peray du costé de Corbeil. View of a nearby village, with pastoral scene with a horse-rider followed by a packing-horse in the foreground. 4. Veuë de Marcoussy du costé de Montlehery. Beautiful view of a fortified castle surrounded by water between woods, with people on horse-back, walking and in a boat in the foreground. [Paris, J. Merlen, no date]. Early state with AB Flamen delin. et excud. and before the address of J. Merlen.
(5) [L'Homme suivi de son chien]. [Paris, no publisher & year]. Etching signed 'AB Flamen fec.' with a beautiful pastoral view with trees, with at the right some cattle and a half-hidden farmhouse in the background and a man with a dog on a lease walking in the foreground on the left. First state before the numbering.  
(6) [Le Chemin à la lisière d'un bois]. [Paris, no publisher & year]. Etching signed 'AB Flamen fec.' with a landscape of woods with some cattle and a man with a packing-horse on a bending road in the foreground. First state before the numbering.

With the bookplate of Roger Paultre. Spine slightly rubbed. Oterwise in fine condition.
Bartsch V, Flamen 112-117, 093-095, 099-100, 103, 105-108, 110, 561 (first state), 111; Drouot Richelieu, Grand siècles et grand images 107; Robert-Dumesnil, Flamen 365-370; 382-388 (no information about state); 524-526, 530, 531, 534; 520-523 (this state not mentioned; 561 (first state); 562 (first state); for Flamen: Thieme & Becker XII, pp. 66-67.

Related Subjects: 17th Century  Horses & Horsemanship  Militaria  Natural History  Print Series  Zoology 

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