BEIN: Has copy no. 19, III., SML Microtext Room: Negative film of copy 1 available for reproduction., "There has been printed for Plain edition by Durand, printer at Chartres, France, one hundred and twenty copies on antique Montval paper, of which one hundred copies numbered 1 to 100 are signed by the author, eighteen copies numbered I to XVIII are made for the author and two copies numbered 0 and 00 are for the French government.", and Written on Hugnet's poem, "Enfances".
BEIN 2020 843: Plates numbered 8 and autographed by the artist., With prefatory poem by Paul Celan., and Edition of 55 copies with 40 copies numbered 1-40 and 15 copies numbered I-XV.
"The "Bedroom of the heart of Voltaire" in Ferney: a bedroom with alcove bed on the far right, portraits hung on the walls, and to the left a pyramid-shaped altar in an alcove; ... with small bust of Voltaire in the lower margin."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the original engraving
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from: Le Livre; revue du monde littéraire. Paris, A. Quantin [etc.], v. 6 (10 October 1885)., Printer's statement in lower left; periodical name and number in lower right: Le Livre, VIe. année., Photoengraved reproduction of a 1781 print by François Denis Née after a drawing by Gaspard Duché de Vancy; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1870,1008.910., and Text reproduced from original engraving: "Dessiné par Duché, d'après nature au Chateau de Ferney en 1781" beneath lower left corner of image; "Gravé par Neé" beneath lower right corner of image.
Publisher:
Imp. A. Quantin
Subject (Geographic):
France and Ferney-Voltaire.
Subject (Name):
Voltaire, 1694-1778 and Château de Ferney (Ferney-Voltaire, France)
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Interiors, Bedrooms, Canopy beds, and Portraits
Three very bored-looking Englishmen sit around a table drinking wine, none looking at each other. The obese man in the middle is yawning with an outstretched arm
Description:
Title etched below image. and Approximate date of publication based on other lithographs on similar theme published by Martinet.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Boredom, Eating & drinking, Yawning, and Foreign public opinion, French
BEIN: Leaves printed on vellum on one side only and bound together back to back; hand illuminated., BEIN: Imperfect: wanting leaves A, B, D, E, M-P, a-f, l, m, r including caption title and colophon; title supplied from Library of Congress copy, many leaves mutilated., Caption title., and Signatures: A-P¹ a-q¹ [r]¹.
Publisher:
Imprime pour I. Petit [et] F. Regnault, et par I. Ferrebouc imprimeur
