Agostini, Leonardo. - Le Gemme antiche figurate... - Lot 34 - Crait + Müller

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Agostini, Leonardo. - Le Gemme antiche figurate... - Lot 34 - Crait + Müller
Agostini, Leonardo. - Le Gemme antiche figurate di Leonardo Agostini... Rome, Gio. Battista Bussotti, 1686. In-4, garnet-red morocco, boards decorated with a triple gilt fillet framing, with "Racine Demonville" in gilt lettering in the center, ornate ribbed spine with a bird at the tail, title-piece, double fillet on the edges, gilt roulette on the counter-plates, gilt edges - Work in two parts with separate pagination and title for each part: 52 pp. including title and 115 engraved medallion portraits of gems, preceded by an engraved allegorical title; [4 ff. title, envoi, au lecteur], 76 pp., and 152 reproductions of cut stones. Complete with 268 plates engraved by G.-B. Galestruzzi (not 266 as in most copies cited). A fine copy. François-Nicolas Henry Racine du Jonquoy, sieur de Monville et de Thuit (1734-1797), a man of the Enlightenment with a passion for architecture, botany and music, was the designer of the Désert de Retz, which he laid out between 1774 and 1789. "This landscaped park of rare species originally covered 38 hectares and included 20 fabriques. These architectural creations are picturesque, sometimes extravagant constructions inspired by Chinese, Oriental or ancient styles. The layout of the park is part of an initiatory journey evoking different cultures and currents of thought: Ethics, Physiocrats, Encyclopedists, Enlightenment, Ecology, Science, China and Freemasonry" (Desert de Retz website). Today, Le Jardin du Désert de Retz still boasts 7 fabriques spread over 17 hectares: the destroyed Column, the Tartar Tent, the ruined Gothic Church, the Temple to the God Pan, the almost ruined Little Altar, the uncovered Theatre and the pyramid-shaped Ice House. We have identified 6 works that have gone on sale since 2014 with the same "Racine Demonville" provenance.
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