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Lot 330
[CABINET DU ROI]. Mauri Simios Portantes, Ursos Ducentes.
Estimate: $200 - $400
Sold for
$120
Sold Price includes BP
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[CABINET DU ROI]. Mauri Simios Portantes, Ursos Ducentes. Paris, ca. 1670. Etching, depicting two men (Moors) with apes on their shoulders, leading chained bears.
20 1/2 x 15" (sheet); platemark 12 1/4 x 10 1/2".
A plate from the Latin edition of the work by Charles Perrault, Festiva ad capita annulumque decursio, a rege Ludovico XIV..., part of a series known as the Cabinet du Roi, which documented the parties and festivals held during the reign of Louis XIV.
Condition
Spotting and light stains, mostly outside image.
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