Charles PARROCEL (1688 - 1752) or after - Lot 7

Charles PARROCEL (1688 - 1752) or after Divers desseins de cavalerie et d'infanterie. Collection (incomplete) comprising 118 pages of engravings depicting cavalrymen or infantrymen in various positions, and at the end 4 plates of military exercises, one on double page. Handwritten title in ornamental frame cut out and pasted on the first page. Eaux-fortes by or after Parrocel without margins, some bearing the printed name of Crépy or Berey, some yellowed, most mounted or pasted on the strong paper leaves, p.83 to 99 left blank. A few brown spots or other stains, traces of folds, some yellowed. Slightly worn red morocco binding, with rubbing and scuffing. Bookplate from the G.Cottereau military collection. (p. 29: tear on right edge of folio, p.34: very yellowed, pinched folds and several horizontal folds, p.82: heavy staining in margins) SC