Magic - Old and New - Conjuring from the 16-20th Century
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Aug 28, 2016 11:00AM EDT
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Lot 478
L'Escamoteuse. After Francois Eisen (Belgian, 1695 Ð 1778), engraved by Angelique Martinet (French, ca. 1731 Ð 1780). Paris: Buldet, mid-eighteenth
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
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L'Escamoteuse. After Francois Eisen (Belgian, 1695 Ð 1778), engraved by Angelique Martinet (French, ca. 1731 Ð 1780). Paris: Buldet, mid-eighteenth century. Likely the first and only state, an engraving on laid paper, folio, with full margins. 19 _ x 14 _Ó. Depicting a magician on whose table the Cups and Balls are set up. Lines of verse below title. Minor toning at outer margin from matting. Fine. [Nevill, French Prints of the Eighteenth Century (1908), p. 136]
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