BEAULIEU (Sébastien de Pontault de). - Collection of 14 works engraved on copper. [Paris], Beaurain, [mid 18th century]. The whole bound in 2 volumes in-folio, brown granite calf, spines with partitions and fleurons with garnet title-pieces, triple gilt fillet framing the boards with fleurons in spandrels, worn and stained bindings, some marginal wetnesses in the second volume (period binding). COMPLETE SERIES OF 14 COLLECTIONS OF PLANS AND PROFILES KNOWN AS "PETITS BEAULIEU". With allegorical titles engraved by different artists among whom Romein De Hooge (at least 7 of them) and Nicolas Cochin. The "Petits Beaulieu", which were originally published between 1668 and 1678 in prints with one copper plate per oblong leaf, appear here in their reissue by Jean de Beaurain in the middle of the 18th century, in prints with 2 or 3 copper plates per page on the front of folios, with various numberings added. As is often the case, several plates are missing here, including a title, and the copies almost always have different collations. SEBASTIEN DE PONTHAULT DE BEAULIEU (ca. 1612-1674) was an ARTILLERY OFFICER IN THE ARMY OF LOUIS XIII AND LOUIS XIV, and in this volume he offers maps, plans and views ("profiles") of towns and strongholds in the border regions of France where he himself participated in the military campaigns of the royal armies. Some of these collections were completed by his nephew by marriage, Jean-Baptiste Hamont, sieur Des Roches. Sébastien de Ponthault de Beaulieu is also the author of another collection, known as the "Grand Beaulieu" because of its folio format, devoted specifically to the battles of Louis XIV. The composition of the present collection, presented in its material order, with the numbers proposed by Mireille Pastoureau for the original editions: [II, ARTOIS]. Plans and maps of the cities of Artois. 45 oblong in-8 copperplates on 17 folio pages. - VII, COUNT OF FLANDERS]. Plans and profiles of the principal towns and places of importance in the county of Flanders. 85 oblong copperplates on 30 folio pages, including 2 copperplates repeated by mistake on the verso of one leaf. Including the surrender scene engraved by Romein De Hooge. - I, COUNT OF AALST OR IMPERIAL FLANDERS]. Plans and profiles of the main towns and places of importance in the county of Aalst or Imperial Flanders. 10 oblong copperplates in-8 on 5 folio pages. - IV, DUCHE DE BRABANT]. Plans and profiles of the main cities and places of the duchy of Brabant. 8 oblong copperplates in-8 format on 4 folios. - [VIII, DUCHE DE GUELDRE]. Plans and profiles of the main cities and places of the duchy of Guelders. 4 oblong in-8 copperplates on 2 folio pages, of which one copperplate is repeated in error. - V, DUCHE DE CAMBRAY]. Plans and profiles of the main towns and places of the duchy of Cambray. 7 oblong copperplates in-8 on 3 folio pages. - IX, COUNT OF HAINAUT]. Plans and profiles of the main cities and places of the county of Haynaut. 35 oblong in-8 copperplates on 15 folio pages. - XIII, COUNT OF NAMUR]. Plans and profiles of the main cities of the county of Namur. 19 oblong in-8 on 8 folios. - X, DUCHE DE LIMBOURG]. Plans and profiles of the main cities and places of the duchy of Limbourg. 4 oblong copperplates in-8 on 2 folios. - XII, DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG]. Plans and profiles of the main cities and places of the duchy of Luxembourg. 14 oblong copperplates in-8 on 6 folios. - XI, DUCHIES OF LORRAINE AND BAR]. Plans and profiles of the main cities of the duchies of Lorraine and Bar. 110 oblong copperplates in-8 format on 48 folio pages. [III, COUNT OF BURGUNDY]. The maps, plans and profiles of the principal cities, and places of interest of the county of Burgundy. 27 oblong copperplates in-8 on 11 folios. - [VI, PRINCIPALITY OF CATALONIA]. Plans, and profiles of the main cities, and places of interest of the principality of Catalonia. 87 oblong copperplates in-8 format on 37 folio pages. - XIV, COUNT OF ROUSSILLON, CONFLENT AND CERDANYA]. [Plans and profiles of the main towns, and places of interest of the county of Rousillon, Conflant and Cerdagne]. 30 oblong in-8 copperplates on 13 folio pages, without the title leaf. EXAMPLE WITH 93 ENGRAVED PLATES ON COPPER (MAPS, PLANS AND VIEWS) of which 71 are folding or double-page, mounted on tabs, from works by BAILLIEUL, BEAURAIN, de FER, JAILLOT, etc. Some are mounted on folios. The person who compiled this collection also had handwritten leaves bound into each volume: at the head, an index in French (3 and 4 pp. in-folio), and at the end, historical-geographical notes in German (64 and 50 pp. in-folio, several handwritten leaves having been used in the past).
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