‎CALLOT Jacques‎
‎Les Miseres et les Mal-heurs de la guerre. Representez par Jacques Callot Noble Lorrain et mis en lumiere par Israel son amy.‎

‎ Paris, Israël, 1633, oblong album 12,8 x 23,5 cm (copperplate engraings 85 x 190 mm), engraved title and 17 engravings.(complete suite). First edition , third state . Bound in full red morocco, All edges gilt, Gilt title on the spine. Marbled end-papers, the pastedown within a gilt five fold fillet (straight lines and floral fillets). Binding signed by Chambolle-Duru. . This binder is considered the apex of French bibliophile bookbinding in the 19th century. This copy is indeed proof of the extraoridnary fine craftmanship of this bindery.famous for rebinding earlier French classical books in very handsome 19th c. bindings. Binding in perfect condition. Jacques Callot (1592-1635) was a nobleman of the county of Lorraine. He made this obtrusive suite on the horrors of war when he saw his country being invaded by the French in 1633. It became one of the most well-known anti-war statements in European art and was an inspiration for Goya's similar work, nearly 200 years later.‎

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