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Album of Drawings for the Fables of Florian

Album of Drawings for the Fables of Florian

1741 - 1814

Jean-Michel Moreau, called Moreau le jeune

French

Album of cream wove paper containing twelve drawings in brown and black ink with brown wash on cream wove paper (adhered to album leaves) for illustrations to the Fables of Jean-Pierre-Claris Florian. There are framing lines around each drawing in black and red ink. The album was bound by Chambolle-Duru in red leather with gilt decorations on the exterior, blue leather with gilt decorations on the interior, and marbled endpapers.

Drawings