Jean le Pautre (1617-1682), Pierre le Pautre (1660-1734) published by Pierre Mariette II (1634-1716) — [Antique prints, etching] Eight landscapes with decorative borders (set of eight), published 1751.

Beautiful etchings with landscapes enclosed into decorative, geometrical and floreal frames; many landscapes have biblical representations: for example plate numbered with 1 is Moses by the Red Sea and nr 2. Moses striking the rock with a stick; all the plates present Mariette's indications and on one plate (nr. 3) with address: 'a Paris Chez P. Mariette rue S. Jacques a l 'Esperance avecq privilege'; plates are numbered and therefore are from the 1751 collection: <em>Oeuvres d'architecture de Jean Le Pautre architecte, dessinateur et graveur du Roi : contenant les Portes, Cheminées, Lambris, Alcoves, Cabinets, Portails d'Églises, Clôtures de Chapelles, Portes de Choeur, Retables d'Autel, Tabernacles, Soleils, Plaques, Eau-bénitiers, Chaires à prêcher, OEuvres et Bancs de Marguilliers, Confessionnaux, Sépultures, Epitaphes, et Tombeaux.</em>