A Large and Important Collection

After Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (1699-1779) A Large and Important Collection comprising sixty etchings and engravings and two mezzotints, circa 1740-1757, on various laid papers, mostly very good early impressions, including proofs before text of L'oeconome and La bonne education by LeBas, Le dessinateur by Flipart, Le chateau de carte by Marcenay de Ghuy, and an unfinished proof of Simple dans mes plaisirs... by Cochin; as well as many fine impressions of important subjects including: Etude de dessein by LeBas; the Self-Portrait of Chardin by Chevillet; La blanchisseuse and La récreuse by Cochin; La brodeuse by Flipart; Les bouteilles de savon and Dame prenant son thé by Filloeul; La Gouvernante and Le Souffleur by Lépicié; Les Tours de Cartes; Les amusements de la vie privée; Le jeu de l'oye; and Le Peintre by Surugue; three other versions Le chateau de carte by Duflos, Filloeul, and Lépicié; and many others; most with margins, tipped to album sheets with window mounts (four prints loose), generally in good condition, bound in two albums, in brown gilt Russia leather bindings by Sancorski & Sutcliffe, London, around 1900, in very good condition (2 volumes) 600 x 500 mm. (overall) (2)