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The fine art of woodcutting

PAPILLON, Jean Michel.
Traité Historique de la Gravure en Bois. Ouvrage enrichie des plus jolis morceaux de sa composition & de sa gravure. Volume I. Contenant toute la partie Historique. Volume II. Contenant tous les principes de cet Art. Volume III. Supplément. Contenant plusieurs faits historiques, de nouvelles manieres, servant à perfectionner cet Art, les Arrêts rendus en faveur de la Gravure, & une Table des Matieres des trois Volumes.

With woodcut frontispiece-portrait of the author, large woodcut vignettes on 3 titles, full-page armorial woodcut to the dedication to Marquis de Boyer de Bandol, full-page woodcut portrait of Saint Andrew printed in chiaroscuro in the first historical part; 16 full-page woodcut plates illustrating the tools and technique of the art of woodcutting and 5 full-page plates illustrating the various stages of woodcut colour-printing in chiaroscuro in the second practical part; 2 full-page plates with 12 small woodcut illustrations each and 2 woodcut plates showing the tools and technique of erasing and of making shadows in woodcuts in the supplement; and numerous woodcut head-and tail-pieces, monograms, vignettes and illustrations in text, several full-page, throughout the whole work.

With woodcut frontispiece-portrait of the author, large woodcut vignettes on 3 titles, full-page armorial woodcut to the dedication to Marquis de Boyer de Bandol, full-page woodcut portrait of Saint Andrew printed in chiaroscuro in the first historical part; 16 full-page woodcut plates illustrating the tools and technique of the art of woodcutting and 5 full-page plates illustrating the various stages of woodcut colour-printing in chiaroscuro in the second practical part; 2 full-page plates with 12 small woodcut illustrations each and 2 woodcut plates showing the tools and technique of erasing and of making shadows in woodcuts in the supplement; and numerous woodcut head-and tail-pieces, monograms, vignettes and illustrations in text, several full-page, throughout the whole work.

With woodcut frontispiece-portrait of the author, large woodcut vignettes on 3 titles, full-page armorial woodcut to the dedication to Marquis de Boyer de Bandol, full-page woodcut portrait of Saint Andrew printed in chiaroscuro in the first historical part; 16 full-page woodcut plates illustrating the tools and technique of the art of woodcutting and 5 full-page plates illustrating the various stages of woodcut colour-printing in chiaroscuro in the second practical part; 2 full-page plates with 12 small woodcut illustrations each and 2 woodcut plates showing the tools and technique of erasing and of making shadows in woodcuts in the supplement; and numerous woodcut head-and tail-pieces, monograms, vignettes and illustrations in text, several full-page, throughout the whole work.

With woodcut frontispiece-portrait of the author, large woodcut vignettes on 3 titles, full-page armorial woodcut to the dedication to Marquis de Boyer de Bandol, full-page woodcut portrait of Saint Andrew printed in chiaroscuro in the first historical part; 16 full-page woodcut plates illustrating the tools and technique of the art of woodcutting and 5 full-page plates illustrating the various stages of woodcut colour-printing in chiaroscuro in the second practical part; 2 full-page plates with 12 small woodcut illustrations each and 2 woodcut plates showing the tools and technique of erasing and of making shadows in woodcuts in the supplement; and numerous woodcut head-and tail-pieces, monograms, vignettes and illustrations in text, several full-page, throughout the whole work.

With woodcut frontispiece-portrait of the author, large woodcut vignettes on 3 titles, full-page armorial woodcut to the dedication to Marquis de Boyer de Bandol, full-page woodcut portrait of Saint Andrew printed in chiaroscuro in the first historical part; 16 full-page woodcut plates illustrating the tools and technique of the art of woodcutting and 5 full-page plates illustrating the various stages of woodcut colour-printing in chiaroscuro in the second practical part; 2 full-page plates with 12 small woodcut illustrations each and 2 woodcut plates showing the tools and technique of erasing and of making shadows in woodcuts in the supplement; and numerous woodcut head-and tail-pieces, monograms, vignettes and illustrations in text, several full-page, throughout the whole work.



Paris, Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1766. 3 parts in 2 vols. Large 8vo. Contemp. marbled calf, spines ribbed and gilt, red edges. With woodcut frontispiece-portrait of the author, large woodcut vignettes on 3 titles, full-page armorial woodcut to the dedication to Marquis de Boyer de Bandol, full-page woodcut portrait of Saint Andrew printed in chiaroscuro in the first historical part; 16 full-page woodcut plates illustrating the tools and technique of the art of woodcutting and 5 full-page plates illustrating the various stages of woodcut colour-printing in chiaroscuro in the second practical part; 2 full-page plates with 12 small woodcut illustrations each and 2 woodcut plates showing the tools and technique of erasing and of making shadows in woodcuts in the supplement; and numerous woodcut head-and tail-pieces, monograms, vignettes and illustrations in text, several full-page, throughout the whole work. XXXII, 540; XV, (1), 388; (4), 124 pp.

First edition of a beautifully illustrated historical and practical manual on the art of woodcutting by Jean Michel Papillon (1698-1776). Papillon enjoyed great fame as a woodcutter, and his workshop included many noble pupils. Woodcutting was much "en vogue" at the time and following the example of Madame de Pompadour woodcutting was practiced by many members of Paris High Society, including the Counts de Breteuil, De Forbin, La Barden, Lalive de Jully, the Marquisses de Montmirail, De Chamont and De Rouvre, the Duke de Chevreuse, the Duchess de Luynes, the Princess Rohan-Rochefort, etc. Papillon also worked for the Imprimerie Royal and made a considerable number of woodcut vignettes and devices for libraries and publishers. His collected woodcuts were left to the Cabinet des Estampes. Woodblocks could be used almost endlessly, which is proven by the list Papillon added at the end of the first, historical part of his book, which includes a woodcut publisher's device for M. Jombert at Paris, approximately used for over one hundred-thousand times. Papillon wrote but one work, the present woodcutter's manual, which especially in the practical part contains much precious instruction. It was based on his personal live long experience and experiments and offered the finests specimen of his own work as a woodcutter, including some beautiful and rare woodcut chiaroscuro prints.
Good set.- (Bindings professionally restored).
Bigmore & Wyman II, p. 116; Le Blanc 3, p. 139; Nagler X, 518.

Related Subjects: Art General  Printing Techniques  Schoolbooks  Woodcuts 

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