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Title

Les ieux et plaisris de l'enfance / jnuantez par Iacques Stella et grauez par Claudine Bouzounet Stella.

Author

Stella, Claudine, 1636-1697

Publication

A Paris : Aux galleries du Louvre chez, la ditte Stella, auec rpiuilege du Roy [that is, publisher not identified], 1657 [that is, approximately 1750]

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Additional Authors

Stella, Jacques, 1596-1657

Description

51 prints in 1 volume : engravings with etching; 22 x 29 cm

Summary

First plate depicts arms of the Thou family surrounded by children adorning the shield with palms and laurels. In plates 2-50, images are approximately 9.5 x 14 cm, with engraved text beneath each, consisting of a caption and 6 lines of verse in French. Images depict children playing various games and pastimes.

Alternative Title

• Ievx et plaisris de l'enfance
• Ieux et plaisirs de l'enfance
• Jeux et plaisirs de l'enfance

Subject

• Amusements > Early works to 1800
• Amusements in art > Early works to 1800
• Games > Early works to 1800
• Games in art > Early works to 1800
• Children in art > Early works to 1800

Note

• Engraved throughout; illustrated engraved title page.
• Errors on title page: 4th word of title appears as PLAISRIS instead of PLAISIRS; in imprint, 3rd word preceding the date appears as RPIVILEGE instead of PRIVILEGE.
• A restrike of the 1657 edition, without the original letterpress text (dedication and privilege, 3 pages). See Justin Schiller. Realms of childhood (cited below): "Later printed on larger paper from the same copperplates (during the 1740s) but without the letterpress text."
• Spencer Coll. copy: Most prints are on paper with vertical chain lines, some watermarked "P. Chalard Fin" with a baton royale between the initial and the surname. P. Chalard was a papermaker active in Lyon in the mid-18th century. Other partially visible watermarks show a crown and three balls. A few prints are on heavier paper with horizontal chain lines; no discernible watermark. Sheets of Spencer Coll. copy are trimmed to 18 x 20 cm.
• First print following title page (arms of the Thou family) is unnumbered; remaining prints are numbered in plate 2-50. Plate marks: approximately 12 x 14.5 cm.
• For description of the original 1657 edition, see: Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), v. 5, column 529; Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux, v . 6, page 491; Gumuchian & cie. Livres de l'enfance du XVe au XIXe siècle, entry 3413; Pierpont Morgan Library. Early children's books and their illustration, entry 192; Justin Schiller. Realms of childhood, no. 15.

Binding (note)

• English 19th-century (?) dark blue straight-grained morocco, blind-stamped and gilt; end leaves of red watered silk. Binder's title: Stella's boys.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1657 (Stella, J. Ievx)

OCLC

11412606

Author

Stella, Claudine, 1636-1697, engraver.

Title

Les ieux et plaisris de l'enfance / jnuantez par Iacques Stella et grauez par Claudine Bouzounet Stella.

Publisher

A Paris : Aux galleries du Louvre chez, la ditte Stella, auec rpiuilege du Roy [that is, publisher not identified], 1657 [that is, approximately 1750]

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Binding

English 19th-century (?) dark blue straight-grained morocco, blind-stamped and gilt; end leaves of red watered silk. Binder's title: Stella's boys. NN

Place of Publication

France Paris.

Added Author

Stella, Jacques, 1596-1657, artist.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. French 1657 (Stella, J. Ievx)