The text describes a work by Pierre-Paul Rubens titled "Theory of the Human Figure," focusing on the principles of drawing and the human form. It includes details about the publication, engravings by Pierre Aveline, and the binding, as well as information on the contents, such as numerous examples of human anatomy and various art subjects. The bookstore details and further publication information are also included.
[BINDING WITH COATS OF ARMS.] Pierre-Paul Rubens. • Theory of the Human Figure, considered in its principles, whether at rest or in motion. Work translated from Latin by Pierre-Paul Rubens, with 44 plates engraved by Pierre Aveline, based on the drawings of this renowned artist. [With] : Continuation of the Theory of the Human Figure. Second part, containing the Principles of Drawing, Applied to Practice. Where one finds numerous examples of all parts of the human body, several Academy figures, various very varied subjects, suitable for shaping taste, and diverse landscapes: all based on the best Masters of the modern French School. • Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1773. Two parts in one quarto volume, full calf of the period, spine with five nerves, compartmentalized and adorned, red title label, three fillets on the boards, gilt coats of arms in the center, gilt edges, VIII-55-[1]-28 pages, engraved vignettes on the titles, a portrait-frontispiece for the first part, and a title-frontispiece for the second, 44 + 96 engraved plates. Text framed with a double typographic rule. Gilded ex-libris on leather at the border of the endpapers: To Monsieur Nervet. (Binding restored, marginal dampstain at the foot of the page.)
Only the plates of the first part are engraved from Rubens' designs. The second part counts 96 plates featuring over 140 subjects, engraved by Huquier from Dandré-Bardon, Boucher, Natoire, Collin de Vermont, Vanloo, etc. Brunet IV, 1442. Cohen, 915-916. First proofs of Universal Catalogue of Books on Art, II, 1788.
Copy with the arms of the Chancellor of Maupeou. René-Nicolas-Charles-Augustin de Maupeou (1714-1792), first president of the Parlement in October 1763, he was named chancellor and keeper of the seals in September 1768, upon the resignation of his father. In 1771, he exiled the Paris parlement and replaced it with one
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