- Trimmed just within the image on the left edge, otherwise just outside the platemark.
= Hollstein 15, describing it as destroying the Stones of Law. Part of the series of two prints, the other being the Adoration of the golden calf. With a collector's mark "H" within a circle, not in Lugt.
= Hollstein 8 and 6. Both etchings from the series of 6 Horizontal landscapes.
= Béraldi 80, the 2nd state (of 3).
AND 3 other etchings by the same: Le Canard (Beraldi 116, 4th state (of 4)); Lantara (etching after J. VERNET. Foxed; Beraldi 71, 2nd state (of 2)) and Frontispiece for l'Illustration Nouvelle (Beraldi 181, 3rd state (of 3)).
- Three plates doubled (1x browned); one plate margins strengnthened (corners repaired) and w. middle-fold.
AND 4 other small etchings by the same.
- Sl. agetoned; sm. closed tear in left blank margin near upper corner; sl. dust- and fingersoiled in margins; tipped onto mount.
= Van Gelder 84, I "troisième tirage", without the name, year, title and the printer's name of Barthère. Van Gelder states that he is not sure if this 3rd printing that he recorded (only one copy in the Hamburg Kunsthalle) is not just a variation of the 2nd printing. He suggests that the 3rd printing could be a proof by Lemercier printed in 1861 in Paris (to where Bresdin moved in 1858). However, our copy is identical to the copy in the collection of the Hamburg Kunsthalle (verified). Van Gelder states furthermore that in 1856, the original printer's duo of Bertrand and Barthère ceased operations together and only Bertrand is registered as lithographer (Van Gelder, catalogue, p.35). Which is why the name of Barthère is removed. It could be that Bertrand printed some copies with and without the title between 1856 and 1858. "Bien que Bresdin n'ait jamais modifié ni compléte la composiition de cette lithographie, seules les rares épreuves des cinq ou six premiers tirages témoignent de cette clarté parfaite que Bresdin recherchait dans ses dessins sur pierre" (Van Gelder, p.35). SEE ILLLUSTRATION PLATE XCV.
- Good impression; trimmed just outside the borderline.
= New Hollstein 10, 1st state (of 2), before the address.
- Cut on the platemark. = Hollstein 69.
- Fine impressions; one w. oblique crease. = Hollstein 41 and 48, 2nd state of 3.
- Left margin laid down on mount. Sl. foxed. = Lieure 500, the first state (of 2).
Idem. La mendiante à la sébille. Etching, 13,8x8,8 cm., from the same series as the preceding.
- Sl. yellowed/ vaguely foxed. = Lieure 498, the first state (of 2).
AND 1 other etching by the same: La Gentilhomme enroulé dans son manteau (laid down on mount. Lieure 558, only state).
- Edition later than Schenk's ±1730 ed.; occas. sl. (finger)soiled. Covers rubbed.
= Interleaved copy. Cf. Lieure 1339-1356 (copy no. 4 "Suite éditée en Hollande par Léon Schenk").
- Lacks 17 engravings; 14 engravings w. portions cut-out/ lower part cut off; loose in contemp. hroan. Sold w.a.f.
= Muller Suppl. 3695; Sander 1377; Lipperheide Xf 2. Rare series of dwarf caricatures, which were inspired by the Varie figure Gobbi by Jacques Callot, first published in 1616.
- Second print blank margins partly trimmed and sm. tear in lower, touching the caption.
= F.M. 4670 and 5089, both "Proefdruk".
WITH: Sels, W.H. Berichtgeevende beschouwing over de begraafplaats des edelen geslachts Van der Capellen, ter opheldering van twee kunstplaaten, verbeeldende de begraafplaats in haaren stand en verwoesting (...). Amst., A. Mens Jz., 1789, 16p., orig. printed wr., 4to (sl. waterstained). - AND WITH: Veelwaard, D. (1766-1851). "Afbeelding van de begraaf plaatz met de voorhoff in het Gorsselse Veld, Door de Hoog Welgebooren Familie van der Capellen In het Jaar 1785 Gestigt En in den Nagt tusschen den 6 en 7 Augustus 1788 door het inbrengen van Buspoeder Gesprongen en totaal Geruineerd." Engr. after T. Wittenberg, 31x32,5 cm., engr. caption, 1788.
= "Proefdruk". Not in F.M. (cf. 4669).
AND 1 other sm. engraving of the same by F. VINKELES after J. BUIJS, 1797 (F.M. 4671).
= All concering the funeral monument of the Van der Capellen family in the Gorsselse Veld near Zutphen, founded in 1785 in honour of Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol, who died in 1784. The monument was blown up in August 1788 by Orangists.
= F.M. 3545-10; Atlas van Stolk 3464-10.
AND 3 similar from the same work: "Op en ondergang der Actieonisten" and "Monument consacré a la posterité en memoire (...)" (2x). - ADDED 3 others.
- Small tear in lower margin, just affecting the address; handcolouring occas. rubbed off.
= Satirizes Charles James Fox's return to Parliament in 1784 as member for the Orkney boroughs and his subsequent exclusion by the High Bailiff. This print is found in two versions: one with a caption above the image and one without that caption (the present copy).
AND 2 others: C. WILLIAMS, "The Ghost" (contemp. handcol. etching, 28,5x40 cm., London, 1799. Sl. chipped/ sl. frayed in margins and trimmed to/ within border of image; title written in contemp. hand below image) and T. ROWLANDSON, "The Prodigal Sons Resignation" (contemp. handcol. etching, London, 1809. Poor copy: chipped, some tears, browned and trimmed to the borders).
- Folded twice; sl. soiled.
= Caricature of an obese woman in traditional (Dutch?) costume.
- Sm. tear in lower blank margin (in caption).
= Very rare. Only one copy traced on the net (Library of Congress).
= F.M. 3552b.
AND 6 others from the same work, i.a. "Waare afbeelding van den vermaarden Heer Quinquenpoix", "Des Kladpapieren Waerelds vuur in as verkeerd" and "Het Actiescheepjen omgeslingerd op de báren, Zal zo lang Bubb'len, tot het zal ten afgrond váren".
= There also exists a copy in reverse, published by Matthew Darly. Crotches is probably a pseudonym.
AND 4 other prints, i.a. two after H.W. BURNBURY: "Courier Francois" (handcol., publ. by T. Scratcley, 1772) and "Le Cabriolet" (handcol, publ. by Laurie & Whittle, 1792) and a theatre print published by Basset.