Chapter II: Part 2

Some copies were published 4to size, containing plates before letters and the _eaux-fortes_.

GRAVELOT AND COCHIN. ALMANACH ICONOLOGIQUE OU DES ARTS, pour l’année 1765 and for the following years until 1781. _Paris, chez Lattré, graveur, rue Saint-Jacques, 17 vols., 18mo._ There is one portrait and each volume contains a calendar for the year in which it was published, illustrated by a frontispiece common to all, an engraved title-page and 12 plates. The total number of illustrations in all the volumes is 204 plates and 17 engraved title-pages, 5 of the latter being repeated. All illustrations are by Cochin and Gravelot; Choffard engraved 10 plates and a decorative title-page after the latter.

There was a trial edition published in 1764; only exceedingly few copies of it exist. This trial almanack is the same as the one issued in 1765. It is by Gravelot, and two of the plates are engraved by Choffard.

The correct edition should have the name of “Lattré” on the title-page.

GRAVELOT AND COCHIN. ICONOLOGIE PAR FIGURES ou traité complet de la science des allégories en 350 figures gravées d’après les dessins de MM. Gravelot et Cochin, avec les explications relatives à chaque sujet, etc. _Paris, Lattré, graveur, (1781), 4 vols., 12mo, or, when large paper, 8vo._ The illustrations are the same as in the almanacks just mentioned, but are placed in a different order.

This re-issue (of the plates of the “Almanach Iconologique”) is far less rare than the original almanacks, but the plates are still fairly good.

HELMAN. FAITS MÉMORABLES DES EMPEREURS DE LA CHINE, etc. _Paris, chez l’auteur, 1788, 4to._ 24 plates, an engraved title-page and a head-piece above the dedication to the Comtesse de Provence. This last vignette is engraved by Helman after Monnet, but MM. Portalis and Béraldi attribute the _eau-forte_ of it to Choffard.

See “VICTOIRES ET CONQUÊTES DE L’EMPEREUR DE LA CHINE.”

HÉNAULT (LE PRÉSIDENT). NOUVEL ABRÉGÉ CHRONOLOGIQUE DE L’HISTOIRE DE FRANCE, etc. _Paris, Prault, 1768, large 4to, one volume usually bound in two parts._

The portrait of Marie Leczinska, engraved by Gaucher after Nattier and framed by a floral decoration by Choffard, forms the exquisite head-piece on the dedication-page. The book also contains illustrations by other artists. The frame alone, of the dedication head-piece, exists in _eau-forte_.

HISTOIRE ANCIENNE. A vignette engraved by Choffard after Monnet.

HISTOIRE DE LOUIS XV. PAR MÉDAILLES. _De l’Imprimerie royale, 1753-1757, folio._ 20 handsome allegorical frames, all of different design, drawn and engraved by Choffard under the direction of Cochin fils.

Twenty-two plates are known to exist, but the whole series was never completed, nor was the work ever published.

IDÉE GÉNÉRALE DE LA VILLE DE RHEIMS. A head-piece by Choffard.

IMBERT. LE JUGEMENT DE PARIS, poème en IV chants, par M. Imbert. _Amsterdam (Paris), 1772, 8vo._ 4 charming vignettes by Choffard and a title-page and 4 plates by Moreau, which are also pretty.

JANVIER. Choffard executed many cartouches for atlases by Janvier.

LA FONTAINE. FABLES CHOISIES, mises en vers par J. de La Fontaine. _Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1755-1759, 4 vols., folio._ A portrait and 275 illustrations. 2 plates are engraved by Choffard after Oudry.

In the prized edition the plate for the fable “Le singe et le léopard” has not got the name of the fable inscribed on the flying banner. There are copies on ordinary bluish paper, but the plates of these are poor impressions.

The woodcut tail-pieces were executed by Papillon and others, from Bachelier’s designs, which had been etched by Choffard as separate suites of plates. See Bachelier.

LA FONTAINE. CONTES ET NOUVELLES EN VERS par M. de La Fontaine. _Amsterdam (Paris), 1762, 2 vols., 8vo._ 2 portraits, a large tail-piece containing a portrait of Choffard by himself and 57 other etchings by Choffard and 80 plates by Eisen. 140 illustrations in all.

Choffard’s work for this book consists of 2 head-pieces, 2 fleurons, 2 fleurons on the title-pages, and 52 tail-pieces. He also engraved 1 plate after Eisen.

Among the beautifully illustrated books of the eighteenth century only “Les Métamorphoses d’Ovide,” 1767-1771, can vie with this edition of La Fontaine. They are both magnificently illustrated and published in sumptuous style. This work contains some of Eisen’s masterpieces and Choffard’s contributions are among his most charming book illustrations.

Six plates, originally “découvertes,” were subsequently “couvertes.”

In correct copies Choffard’s portrait should, like the proofs, not have shading lines round the border of the medallion where the lettering is. This vignette forms the tail-piece to “Le Rossignol.”

Choffard’s charming etchings exist in various states.

This edition is known as that of the “fermiers généraux,” as they defrayed all expenses. This was an association, or kind of syndicate, which collected the taxes for the Government and guaranteed to pay over a certain sum. Evidently, what could be collected beyond went as bonus to the associated members. It is supposed that to obtain the favour of the court to continue the monopoly, handsome presents had to be given. Whatever else may have been presented, this edition was produced for the purpose, and presentation copies were especially bound, usually in blue, red, or green morocco, by Derome, with “dentelles” as a rule, and a tooled back designed by Gravelot. These copies, however, do not always contain the plates “découvertes.”

There exist many reprints of this famous edition, some of which contain Choffard’s vignettes reversed. Some copies of the 1792 imitation bear the date 1762, but it is detected as a forgery by the poorness of the impressions.

LA FONTAINE. CONTES ET NOUVELLES EN VERS, par Jean de La Fontaine. _Paris, de l’imprimerie de P. Didot, l’an III de la République, 1795, 2 vols., 4to._ A fine fleuron by Choffard on the title-page of volume i. and repeated in the second one.

This beautiful edition was never completed owing to the lack of subscribers due to the Revolution. The volumes were to have contained 80 plates. A number of the plates were ready or nearly finished, and these can only be added to the work, since they were not published with it. In all, 38 subjects are obtainable, but no complete set is known. The ordinary copies contain 20 plates, most of them being after Fragonard.

LA ROCHEFOUCAULD (LE DUC DE). MAXIMES ET RÉFLEXIONS MORALES. _A Paris, de l’Imprimerie royale, 1778, 8vo._ Portrait of the author finely engraved by Choffard after the enamel by Petitot.

“Gravé en 1779 par P. P. Choffard Des. et Grav. de S. M. Imp. et du Roi d’Espagne” is how the engraver signed himself on the right-hand side of this little _chef-d’œuvre_.

The portrait is absent in many copies, but the book is considered incomplete without it.

It is no uncommon thing for the plates to be post-dated in eighteenth-century volumes; in this particular case it would be difficult to decide if the plate was published later than the book it was to illustrate, or whether the work containing the frontispiece was issued in 1779 in spite of 1778 being printed on the title-page. This portrait does not appear to have been published wholly without connection with the book it usually illustrates, like some portraits contained in volumes of that period were.

LE GENDRE. DESCRIPTION DE LA PLACE DE LOUIS XV QUE L’ON CONSTRUIT À REIMS, etc. _A Paris, de l’imprimerie Prault, 1765, atlas folio._ One head-piece, a plan, 2 plans with elevations, 2 views and 3 other plates.

The beautiful head-piece is by Choffard, who also engraved 2 views and 2 plans with elevations.

LIGNE (PRINCE DE). PRÉJUGÉS MILITAIRES, par un officier autrichien. _A Kralovilhota, 1780, 2 vols., 8vo._ A head-piece on the dedication-page, 1 tail-piece, and 14 little battle scenes which form head-pieces. Choffard drew and etched all.

The vignettes are little gems of the art of miniature etching, and their composition, although on such a small scale, is handled with the artistic judgement of a thorough master of the art.

N.B.—In all reference books 15 battle views are mentioned in error.

LOUVET DE COUVRAY. LES AMOURS DU CHEVALIER DE FAUBLAS, par J.-B. Louvet. 3e. édition, revue par l’auteur. _Se vend à Paris, chez l’auteur, rue de Grenelle Germain, vis-à-vis la rue de Bourgogne, ci-devant hôtel de Sens, no. 1495, et chez les marchands de nouveautés. An VI de la République (1798). 4 vols., 8vo._ Illustrated by 27 plates, one of these is engraved by Choffard after Demarne.

There are copies on vellum paper in which the plates should be found before letters with the artists’ names “à la pointe.”

Although very rare, the _eaux-fortes_ of these plates exist.

The third is the best edition and the one sought after.

LUCRÈCE. DE LA NATURE DES CHOSES, traduction de La Grange. _De l’imprimerie de Didot le jeune, Paris, chez Bleuet, l’an deuxième de la République (1794), 2 vols., 4to, vellum paper._ 1 frontispiece placed in each volume and 6 plates by Monnet; one of these is engraved by Choffard. This plate is framed and proofs of the frame alone exist, as well as others containing the vignette.

This book was also published in 3 volumes, large 4to, vellum paper, with the same plates, but the frontispiece, unsigned, is only placed in the first volume. This edition consisted of 50 copies.

OVIDE. LES MÉTAMORPHOSES D’OVIDE, en latin et en françois, de la traduction de M. l’abbé Banier, de l’Académie royale des inscriptions et belles-lettres, avec des explications historiques. _Paris, Hochereau (or Despilly, or Barrois, or Delalain, or Guillyn), 1767-1771, 4 vols., 4to._ A frontispiece, 3 dedication-pages, 4 fleurons on the title-pages, 30 vignettes, a tail-piece at the end of the last volume and 140 plates.

Choffard’s work for this book consists of 30 head-pieces, 5 are etched after Monnet and 25 invented and etched by Choffard, a title-frontispiece, the frame for the dedication to the Duc de Chartres, 4 fleurons on the title-pages and a large tail-piece at the end of the fourth volume. MM. Portalis and Béraldi also attribute to the “maître ornemaniste” the design of the frames that contain the vignettes.

These etchings exist in various unfinished states, artist’s proofs and proofs before letters. In the exquisite frame round the dedication there is a slight difference between the design of the proofs before letters and those after: early states bear the fleur-de-lis crown on the ball itself, whereas later impressions have the crown placed outside, above the ball.

This book contains fine illustrations of nine artists: Boucher, Choffard, Eisen, Gravelot, Leprince, Monnet, Moreau, Parizeau, and Saint-Gois and since these beautiful drawings were reproduced by the greatest engravers France possessed, the artistic value of the four volumes is remarkable.

The plates, which are not by Choffard, exist before letters; there are also 6 “découvertes” ones, but these are exceedingly scarce.

A few copies of this book exist with the illustrations coloured, but they are not so fine as the uncoloured ones, for the plates were evidently only painted to please certain purchasers of the period and were not printed purposely for colouring.

The five publishers who shared the issue had their own names printed in their respective copies; thus the first and correct edition is issued under five different publishers’ names; all copies are of equal excellence, in spite of many collectors preferring “Hochereau.”

In some copies liber 8 comes after liber 9.

“_Les Métamorphoses d’Ovide gravées sur les desseins des meilleurs peintres français. Par les soins des S^{rs.} le Mire et Basan graveurs. A Paris, chez Basan rue du Foin S. Jacques. Le Mire rue S. Etienne des Grès. Avec privilege du Roi_,” is engraved on the ornamental frontispiece that forms the half-title to volume i. Thus we know that it is to Basan’s and Le Mire’s care that we owe the most magnificently illustrated French book of the eighteenth century.

There is a re-issue of this book which is such a marvellous imitation of the original, that it would be easy for any but the most experienced to be deceived. Most of the plates are not quite so brilliant and the paper used is not as good as that of the first edition. But in many copies of the second edition the plates, or some of them, are of the first issue and not of a second one. Volume 4 of this reprint bears the date 1770, whereas the last volume of the good edition is dated 1771, and the third volume page 215 has 209 printed in error.

OVIDE. LES MÉTAMORPHOSES D’OVIDE traduction nouvelle avec le texte latin, suivie d’une analyse de l’explication des fables, etc., par M. G.-T. Villenave, ornée de gravures d’après les dessins de MM. Le Barbier, Monsiau et Moreau. _Paris, Gay et Guestard (imprimerie de Didot l’aîné), 1806, 4 vols., large 4to or 8vo, vellum paper._ 144 illustrations. Choffard engraved one plate after Monsiau.

Proofs and _eaux-fortes_ exist of all the plates, with the exception of two.

PALISSOT. ŒUVRES DE M. PALISSOT, nouvelle édition. _Liège, Plomteux, 1777, 7 vols., 8vo._ A portrait of the author engraved by Choffard after Monnet and 18 plates by Monnet and Méon.

The engraving of the 10 illustrations by Monnet, although not signed by Choffard, is attributed to him by MM. Portalis and Béraldi.

The plate for the “chant I.” after Monnet, is supposed to represent Baculard d’Arnaud having his portrait painted.

There is a subsequent edition of this book, ŒUVRES COMPLÈTES DE M. PALISSOT. _Liège et Paris, Bastien, 1778-1779, 7 vols., 8vo_, containing the same plates.

PIIS (DE). CHANSONS NOUVELLES. _Paris, imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, 1785, 12mo._ An ornamental dedication-page by Choffard, 12 vignettes by Le Barbier and 21 pages of engraved music.

One of the most gracefully illustrated little volumes ever published. Choffard’s charming design for the dedication is similar in style to that of some of his book-plates.

The little book ought to contain De Piis’ portrait engraved by Gaucher after H. J. François, although it is not positive whether it was published in the volume at the time of issue.

Five of Le Barbier’s illustrations appear again in “Les Bijoux des neuf sœurs,” _A Paris, chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1790, 2 vols., 12mo_, but in this book they are framed. These framed plates exist also in proof form.

PLEYEL ET DUSSEK. MÉTHODE POUR LE PIANO-FORTE, par Pleyel et Dussek, prix 12 fr. _A Paris, chez Pleyel, 4to._ The decorated title-page is by Choffard.

PONCE. DESCRIPTION DES BAINS DE TITUS ou collection de peintures trouvées dans les ruines des thermes de cet empereur et gravés sous la direction de M. Ponce (avec des explications par le docteur Felice). _Paris, 1786, atlas folio._ 60 plates; below one are the words, “P. Choffard Direxit.”

RACINE. ŒUVRES DE JEAN RACINE, avec des commentaires par M. Luneau de Boisgermain. _Paris, Cellot, 1768, 7 vols., 8vo._ One portrait of the author by Santerre engraved by Gaucher; the frame round it is designed by Gravelot and engraved by Choffard. Also 12 plates by Gravelot.

A fine edition, of which there are copies on holland paper with plates before letters. It may be noted, however, that the illustrations very rarely have the “légende” beneath them.

There is a re-issue containing very poor impressions off the same plates: _Paris, de l’imprimerie de Pougin, an IV. (1796), 7 vols., 12mo._

RACINE. ŒUVRES DE JEAN RACINE, avec des commentaires par J. L. Geoffroy. _Paris, Genets jne., 1808, 7 vols., 8vo._ 7 fleurons on the title-pages, 3 portraits, and 12 plates.

Six fleurons on the title-pages are designed by Garnier, engraved by Choffard. The vignette on that of the sixth volume is entirely by Choffard and represents the “Abbaye de Port Royal des Champs.” 6 of the plates are engraved by Choffard after Garnier.

Some copies of this book contain plates before letters.

REGNAULT. (L. F.). CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ D’UN CHOIX PRÉCIEUX DE DESSINS, ET D’UNE NOMBREUSE ET RICHE COLLECTION D’ESTAMPES ANCIENNES ET MODERNES, EN FEUILLES, EN RECUEILS ET EN ŒUVRES, LIVRES À FIGURES, SCIENCES ET ARTS, TABLEAUX ET AUTRES OBJETS CURIEUX QUI COMPOSAIENT LE CABINET DE FEU PIERRE-FRANÇOIS BASAN PÈRE, GRAVEUR ET ANCIEN MARCHAND D’ESTAMPES, par L. F. Regnault, peintre et graveur. _Paris, chez l’auteur, an VI de la République, 8vo._ A frontispiece and a head-piece by Choffard.

The allegorical frontispiece represents Basan in his study, surrounded by his books and _objets d’art_ and mythological personages; below this plate are the words: “A la mémoire de P. Frs. Basan. P. P. Choffard ft. L’an VII.... 98.” It exists without the “98” and in various other early states.

In all reference books they have omitted to mention that the little vignette is the same as that in volume ii of Basan’s DICTIONNAIRE DES GRAVEURS, 1789. Both illustrations are repeated in the 1809 edition of Basan’s DICTIONNAIRE DES GRAVEURS.

Regnault’s book contains an article on Basan.

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES). LETTRES DE DEUX AMANTS, HABITANTS D’UNE PETITE VILLE AU PIED DES ALPES. _Amsterdam, Rey, 1761, 6 parts in 4 vols., 12mo._ 12 plates by Gravelot, 2 of which are engraved by Choffard.

This is the original edition of LA NOUVELLE HÉLOÏSE.

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES). LA NOUVELLE HÉLOÏSE, OU LETTRES DE DEUX AMANTS, HABITANTS D’UNE PETITE VILLE AU PIED DES ALPES, recueillies et publiées par J. J. Rousseau, nouvelle édition, corigée et augmentée de figures en taille-douce et d’une table des matières. _Neuchâtel et Paris, chez Duchesne, 1764, 4 vols., 12mo and 8vo._ A frontispiece by Cochin and the same illustrations as in the preceding book, excepting the twelfth plate, which is engraved by De Longueil.

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES). COLLECTION COMPLÈTE DES ŒUVRES DE J.-J. ROUSSEAU. _Londres (Bruxelles), 1774-1783, 12 vols., 4to._ One portrait, 12 fleurons on the title-pages and 37 plates.

The fleurons on the title-pages of five volumes, all different, are by Choffard. Also two plates are engraved by him after Moreau and Cochin.

Plates before letters are very scarce indeed and so are the _eaux-fortes_. Several of the volumes bear earlier dates printed on the title-pages than those engraved on the illustrations in the books. On the title-page of volume nine is the date “MDCCLXVI” instead of “MDCCLXXVI” as it should be. This error occurs in the particular copy examined, but may, perhaps, only occur in certain copies. The plate Choffard engraved after Cochin for “Emile” was again engraved by him in a reduced size for the octavo edition.

ROUSSEAU (JEAN-JACQUES). ŒUVRES DE J.-J. ROUSSEAU, citoyen de Genève, édition orné de figures, etc. _Paris, Defer de Maisonneuve (Imprimerie de Didot jeune), 1793-1800, 18 vols., large 4to, vellum paper._ A portrait, 5 frontispieces and 29 plates. Two of these latter are engraved by Choffard after Monsiau.

The illustrations exist in the _eau-forte_ and before letters.

SAINT-LAMBERT. LES SAISONS, poème. _Amsterdam, 1769, 8vo._ One fleuron on the title-page, 4 etched head-pieces by Choffard and 5 plates by Le Prince and Gravelot.

The illustration by Le Prince for the “Printems” [sic] is badly engraved by Watelet in this edition. The engraver’s signature is followed by the date 1768. Choffard has reproduced this plate beautifully and dated it 1767.

Re-issued in 1771 as third edition and in 1773 as fifth edition, with the same plates.

SAINT-LAMBERT. LES SAISONS, poëme, septième édition. _Amsterdam, 1775, large 8vo_, and CONTES, POÉSIES FUGITIVES ET FABLES ORIENTALES. Five plates by Moreau and a fleuron and 4 head-pieces by Choffard. These are very slightly larger than those in the edition just mentioned and have small differences in the designs, also Choffard did not etch these plates quite so delicately.

The two reproductions given in this book will show how slight a variation there is in the treatment of the same subject for these two editions.

SAINT-NON (L’ABBÉ RICHARD DE). VOYAGE PITTORESQUE, OU DÉSCRIPTION DES ROYAUMES DE NAPLES ET DE SICILE. _Paris (Clousier imprimeur), 1781-1786, 4 parts in 5 vols., folio._ This work is profusely illustrated by many artists.

Choffard engraved 18 plates; these have several subjects on each one. He also engraved a fleuron on the dedication-page to the Queen and 2 tail-pieces after his own designs; 2 fleurons on the title-pages after Fragonard and 2 tail-pieces and a head-piece by Paris are likewise engraved by Choffard.

These illustrations are some of the most beautiful Choffard ever invented and engraved after his compatriots.

A fine lavishly illustrated book, the expenses of which were defrayed by the author, whom it ruined.

The plate of the “Phallus” (vol. 2, page 52) and 14 plates of medals of Sicilian towns are often missing, but should be contained in the book.

SELLIUS ET DUJARDIN. HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DES PROVINCES-UNIES. _Paris, Simon, 1754-1770, 8 vols., 8vo._ Eight vignettes by Choffard and Eisen, engraved by Le Mire, several maps with cartouches by Choffard, a frontispiece and a vignette on the dedication-page by Eisen and 18 portraits engraved by Flipart.

STIEBELT (D.). GRANDE SONATE POUR LE PIANO FORTE, composée et dediée par D. Stiebelt à Madame Bonaparte. _A Paris chez Melle. Erard, A Lyon chez Gamier, prix 6, large 4to._ The title-page is by Choffard.

TABLEAUX HISTORIQUES DE LA RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE (Collection complète des), composée de 113 numéros en trois volumes. (Texte par l’abbé Fauchet, Champfort, Guinguené et Pagès). _A Paris, chez Aubert, éditeur et seul propriétaire, rue Saint-Lazare, Chaussée-d’Antin 42; imprimé par Didot l’aîné et terminé par Charles, rue de Seine, an XIII de la République française (1804), 3 vols., folio, vellum paper._ Three frontispieces, 183 plates and 66 medallion portraits.

Choffard has engraved one of the plates which Duplessi-Bertaux etched. The first volume and half of the second had appeared in l’an VI (1798), when the editors were forced to modify the plan of their work and to reprint certain portions and to make it into three volumes in order to meet the current political requirements.

TABLEAUX HISTORIQUES DES CAMPAGNES D’ITALIE, depuis l’an IV., jusqu’à la bataille de Marengo, etc. Les vues ont été pour la plupart prises sur les lieux mêmes et les estampes sont gravées d’après les dessins originaux de Carle Vernet. _Paris, de l’imprimerie de Herhan et Didot, chez Auber et Nicolle, 1806, folio, vellum paper._ Twenty-nine plates and a map. One plate is etched by Duplessi-Bertaux and finished by Choffard.

Some copies contain plates before letters.

TÉRENCE. LES COMÉDIES DE TÉRENCE, traduction nouvelle, avec le texte latin à côté et des notes par M. l’abbé Le Monnier. _Paris, Jombert, 1771, 3 vols., 8vo._ A frontispiece and 6 plates by Cochin; 2 of these are engraved by Choffard.

There are holland paper copies with plates before letters.

TROUVILLE (J. B. DE). L’HYDRAULIQUE NATURELLE, ou l’art d’élever les eaux sans mécanique, par J. B. de Trouville, ingénieur.

The allegorical title-page is by Choffard.

VAUGONDY (ROBERT DE). ATLAS UNIVERSEL, etc. _Paris, 1757, folio._

This atlas contains over 100 maps, the titles of which are inscribed in cartouches; about 50 of these are by Choffard, engraved by Elisabeth Haussard.

VICTOIRES ET CONQUÊTES DE L’EMPEREUR DE LA CHINE, représentées en 16 planches gravées à Paris, de 1770 à 1774, sous la direction de Cochin, par Aliamet, Choffard, Le Bas, etc., d’après les dessins exécutés à Pékin par ordre de l’empereur Kien-Longh, _folio_. Two plates are engraved by Choffard.

The East India Company arranged for France to engrave this suite of plates for the Emperor of China and applied to the Marquis de Marigny, who asked Cochin to direct the engraving of the pictures after drawings by the P. P. jésuites Attiret, Damascus, and Castillon. This book is very scarce indeed, for all the copies were sent to China with the exception of one or two that were given as presents. On page 58 of Choffard’s “Notice sur l’art de la gravure” he speaks very highly of this work and is exceedingly proud that the Emperor of China should have asked France to engrave plates for him. There is a reduction of this suite of plates which is engraved by Helman. _See_ Helman.

VOLTAIRE. TANCRÈDE, tragédie par M. Voltaire. _A Genève, chez les frères Cramer, 1761, 8vo._ A satirical frontispiece by Gravelot, engraved by Choffard.

This plate is very rare, it having been suppressed in many copies.

VOLTAIRE. LA PUCELLE D’ORLÉANS, poème en vingt et un chants par Voltaire; édition ornée de figures gravées par les meilleurs artistes de Paris. _Paris, Didot le jeune, an III (1795), 2 vols., large 4to, vellum paper and also holland paper_. A portrait and 21 plates; one of these is engraved by Choffard after Le Barbier.

Copies containing _eaux-fortes_ and plates before letters exist.

ZANNONI (RIZZI). ATLAS GÉOGRAPHIQUE ET MILITAIRE ou théâtre de la guerre présente en Allemagne, etc., par M. Rizzi Zannoni, etc. _A Paris, chez Ballard, Imprimeur du Roy, etc._ A frame round the title by Choffard.

ZANNONI (RIZZI). CARTE GEO-HYDROGRAPHIQUE DU GOLFE DU MEXIQUE ET DE SES ISLES, etc. Par M. Rizzi Zannoni. _A Paris, chez Lattré, small 4to._ A decorative title-page by Choffard.

This book is evidently very scarce, as it is not cited in reference books, and having only seen the title-page, it cannot be stated whether there are other illustrations in the volume.

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ATLAS MODERNE OU COLLECTION DE CARTES SUR TOUTES LES PARTIES DU GLOBE TERRESTRE PAR PLUSIEURS AUTEURS. _A Paris, chez Lattré et chez Delalain, small folio._ A title-page and 73 maps; six of these have cartouches signed by Choffard. There are many others unsigned or bearing Arrivet’s or Marillier’s signature.

_Paris, Hérissant_, 1762, is printed on a later edition.

ALMANACH. ETRENNES GÉOGRAPHIQUES. ROYAUME DE FRANCE DIVISÉ PAR GÉNÉRALITÉS, SUB-DIVISÉ PAR ÉLECTIONS, DIOCÈSES, BAILLIAGES, etc., par L.-A. Ducaille, gravé par Lattré. _Paris, Ballard, libraire, et aux Spectacles, 1760, 18mo._ An ornamental title-page by Choffard and a frontispiece and maps by other artists.

BEAURAIN (CHEVALIER DE). HISTOIRE MILITAIRE DE FLANDRE, DEPUIS L’ANNÉE 1690. JUSQU’EN 1694. INCLUSIVEMENT, etc., par le Chevalier de Beaurain. _Paris, chez Le Chevalier de Beaurain, Ch. Nic. Poirion, Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1755, 2 vols., folio._

Volume I contains a frontispiece, 5 head-pieces and 5 tail-pieces. The last tail-piece in the volume is designed by Choffard, who also etched it, with the exception of the medal in the centre of the composition, which is engraved by Menil.

Volume II consists of 5 parts, starting by number I and contains an ornamental title-page and maps.

FÉNELON. LES AVENTURES DE TÉLEMAQUE par Fénelon. _De l’Imprimerie de Monsieur, 1785, 2 vols., folio._ The woodcut of the arms of Monsieur, which is on the title-page of each volume, is engraved after Choffard.

This edition has a title-frontispiece, 72 plates, and 24 frames containing summaries and tail-pieces.

HÉRÉ. PLANS ET ELEVATIONS DE LA PLACE ROYALE DE NANCY ET DES AUTRES EDIFICES QUI L’ENVIRONNENT BÂTIES PAR LES ORDRES DU ROY DE POLOGNE DUC DE LORRAINE. Dédiés au Roy de France par Héré premier architecte de sa Majesté polonoise. _Paris, François, graveur, 1753, folio._ An ornamental title-page, a frontispiece, a dedication page, and 13 folded architectural plates.

Choffard designed and etched the title-page; the frame round the dedication is etched by Choffard after François.

JANEL. RECUEIL DE DILIGENCES, BERLINES, ET CAROSSES INVENTÉS ET DESSINÉS PAR JANEL. _Paris, Chéreau, oblong folio._ 6 parts each containing 6 plates; these 36 illustrations were engraved under Choffard’s direction.

JOMBERT (CHARLES-ANTOINE). L’ARCHITECTURE MODERNE OU L’ART DE BIEN BÂTIR, POUR TOUTES SORTES DE PERSONNES, divisés en 10 livres. _Paris, 1764, 4to._ A frontispiece, head-pieces and architectural drawings by Choffard and other artists.

LA TOUR (ABBÉ DE). TROIS FEMMES, NOUVELLE. Seconde édition ornée de sept estampes dessinées par Legrand, et gravées à Paris par les meilleurs artistes. _Leipsic, Pierre Philippe Wolff, 1798, 12mo._ A frontispiece and 6 plates by Legrand, engraved by Choffard, Couché, and Duplessi-Bertaux.

These plates appear in “Recueil de nouvelles et autres écrits divers,” by the Abbé de la Tour, Leipsig, Pierre Philippe Wolff, 1798-1799, 3 vols., 12mo. They are also published in “Les trois femmes,” by Madame de Charrière.

See CHARRIÈRE.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

All the reproductions are from illustrations etched or engraved by Choffard after his own designs and are practically the size of the originals, unless otherwise stated.

The frontispiece of this book is a tail-piece from “Contes et nouvelles
en vers” by La Fontaine, 1762.

The reproduction facing the frontispiece is after Choffard’s visiting
card.

The head-piece from Choffard’s book entitled “Notice historique sur
l’art de la gravure en France,” 1804, is here used as a head-piece
to “The life of Choffard.” This little composition is supposed, by
some, to represent the artist himself, when a young man, in his
studio.

A tail-piece from “Contes et nouvelles en vers” by La Fontaine, 1762,
here forms a tail-piece to “The life of Choffard.”

A head-piece in “Dictionnaire des graveurs, etc.” by Basan, 1789, is
here placed as a head-piece to “The art of Choffard.”

A tail-piece of “Traité du beau essentiel dans les arts, appliqué
particulièrement à l’architecture, etc.” by Briseux, 1752, is here
used as a tail-piece to “The art of Choffard.” Much reduced.

The head-piece to the “Catalogue of Books” is a tail-piece from “Contes
et nouvelles en vers” by La Fontaine, 1762.

A tail-piece from “Contes et nouvelles en vers” by La Fontaine, 1762,
is here used for the same purpose for the “Catalogue of Books.”

1. A vignette from “Essai géographique sur les isles britanniques, etc.”
by Bellin, 1757. Nearly the actual size.

2. Tail-piece from “Contes et nouvelles en vers” by La Fontaine, 1762.

3. Head-piece from “Les métamorphoses d’Ovide,” 1767-1771.

4. Head-piece from “Les métamorphoses d’Ovide,” 1767-1771.

5. A drawing by Choffard for the tail-piece in “Les métamorphoses
d’Ovide,” 1767-1771 edition. Reduced.

6. Eau-forte of the tail-piece, just mentioned, in “Les métamorphoses
d’Ovide,” 1767-1771 edition. Reduced.

7. Finished plate of the last mentioned tail-piece. Reduced.

8. Frontispiece of a subsequent edition of “Les métamorphoses d’Ovide.”
It is a combination of the decorated half-title and a fleuron in the
1767-1771 edition of the same book. Reduced.

9. Vignette above the dedication to Queen Marie Leczinska in “Nouvel
abrégé chronologique de l’histoire de France, etc.” by Président
Hénault, 1768. The portrait is engraved by Gaucher after Nattier and
the setting is by Choffard.

10. Head-piece from “Les saisons” by Saint-Lambert, 1769.

11. Head-piece from “Les saisons” by Saint-Lambert, 1775.

12. Head-piece from “Le jugement de Paris” by Imbert, 1772.

13. Fleuron on the title-page of volume vii of “Collection complète des
œuvres de J.-J. Rousseau,” 1774-1783.

14. The same illustration as the preceding one, only draped. This plate
was never published and is cited nowhere.

15. Decorative title-page of “Catalogue du cabinet de Mr. Neyman” by
Basan, 1776. Slightly reduced.

16. Fleuron on the title-page of volume i of “Histoire de la maison de
Bourbon” by Désormeaux, 1779-1788.

17. Tail-piece from “Histoire de la maison de Bourbon” by Désormeaux,
1779-1788. Slightly reduced.

18. Head-piece from “Préjugés militaires” by the Prince de Ligne, 1780.

19. Dedication vignette in “Chansons nouvelles” by de Piis, 1785.

20. Head-piece in volume ii of “Dictionnaire des graveurs, etc.” by
Basan, 1789.

21. Fleuron on the title-page of “Histoire de la mesure du temps par les
horloges” by Ferdinand Berthoud, 1802.

INDEX OF THE WORKS MENTIONED
IN THE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS
ILLUSTRATED BY CHOFFARD

PAGE

A elle 37

Abrégé de la vie des plus fameux peintres 38

Almanach du chasseur 37

Almanach iconologique 67, 68

Amours du Chevalier de Faublas, Les 76

Amusements d’un convalescent 37

Architecture moderne, L’ 100

Arsace et Isménie 39

Art de conduire et de régler les pendules, L’ 48

Arte y puntual explicacion del modo de tocar el violin 39

Atala-René 58

Atlas géographique et militaire 95

Atlas moderne 97

Atlas topographique des environs de Paris 39

Atlas universel 93, 59

Aventures de Télémaque, Les 66, 98

Bijoux des neuf sœurs, Les 83

Cabinet des Fées 54

Cahiers de projets d’architectures 62

Carte géo-hydrographique du Golfe du Mexique 96

Cartes et tables de la géographie 55

Catalogue des chevaliers, etc., de l’ordre du Saint-Esprit 56

Catalogue ... des différens objets: ... qui composoient le 42 cabinet de feu M. Mariette

Catalogue des planches gravées qui composent le fonds de Basan 57

Catalogue ... d’un choix ... de dessins, etc., qui composaient 85 le cabinet de feu P.-F. Basan père

Catalogue d’une belle collection de dessins, etc., le tout 42, 43 rassemblé ... par M. Neyman

Chansons nouvelles 82

Code du Bonheur 65

Collection complète des œuvres de J.-J. Rousseau 87

Collection de culs de lampe et fleurons 39

Collection de cent vingt estampes, etc., qui composoient le 43 cabinet de M. Poullain

Comédies de Térence, Les 92

Contes et nouvelles en vers 71, 73

Décameron, Le 52

Decamerone, Il 51

De la mesure du temps par les horloges 49

De la nature des choses 77

Description de la Place de Louis XV 75

Description des bains de Titus 83

Description géographique de la Guyane 46

Description géographique des débouquemens de Saint Domingue 45, 48

Description géographique des isles Antilles 46, 47

Description géographique du Golfe de Venise 47, 48

Description géographique, etc., de l’isle de Corse 47

Dictionnaire des graveurs 43, 51

Diversi trofei 58

Douze nouveaux quintetti 53

Eclaircissemens sur l’invention ... des nouvelles machines 49

Église Sainte Genevieve 64

Emile 88

Essai géographique sur les isles britanniques 45

Essai sur l’horlogerie 48

Estampes galantes des contes du Boccace 53

Etrennes galantes 65, 66

Etrennes géographiques 97

Fables choisies 70

Faits mémorables des empereurs de la Chine 68

Galerie du Palais-Royal 61

Grande sonate pour le piano forte 91

Héroïdes 51

Histoire amoureuse des gaules 54

Histoire ancienne 69

Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon 62

Histoire de la mesure du temps par les horloges 50

Histoire de Louis XV. par médailles 69

Histoire générale des provinces-unies 90

Histoire militaire de Flandre 98

Hydraulique naturelle, L’ 93

Iconologie par figures 67

Idée générale de la ville de Rheims 70

Idylles 48

Jardins, Les 62

Jugement de Paris, Le 70

Lettre de Sapho à Phaon 51

Lettres de deux amants 86

Lettres d’une péruvienne 66

Lettres en vers 51

Livre d’écussons et cartels 59

Manuel du chasseur 57

Maximes et réflexions morales 74

Métamorphoses d’Ovide, Les 77, 81, 71

Méthode pour le piano-forte 83

Notice historique sur l’art de la gravure en France 59, 94

Nouvel abrégé ... de l’histoire de France 69

Nouvelle Héloïse, La 86

Œuvres badines et morales 57

Œuvres complètes de Berquin 48

Œuvres complètes de M. Palissot 82

Œuvres de Jean Racine 83, 84

Œuvres de J.-J. Rousseau 88

Œuvres de M. Palissot 81

Orlando furioso 38

Plans et élévations de la Place royale de Nancy 99

Préjugés militaires 75

Pucelle d’Orléans, La 94

Recueil d’estampes gravées d’après les tableaux du cabinet de 41 Monseigneur le Duc de Choiseul

Recueil de diligences, etc. 99

Recueil de nouvelles et autres écrits divers 100

Romance 63

Saisons, Les 88, 89

2me. Suite de culs de lampe et fleurons 40

Supplément à l’abrégé de la vie des plus fameux peintres 38

Tableaux historiques de la révolution française 91

Tableaux historiques des campagnes d’Italie 92

Tancrède 94

Théâtre de P. Corneille 61

Traité des horloges marines 49

Traité des montres à longitude 49

Traité du beaux essentiel dans les arts 54

Trois femmes 100

Trois femmes, Les 58, 100

Troisième partie de la carte d’Europe 38

Victoires et conquêtes de l’Empereur de la Chine 93

Voyage pittoresque de la Grèce 60

Voyage pittoresque, ou déscription des royaumes de Naples et 89 de Sicile

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Transcriber’s notes

1. Silently corrected typographical errors and inconsistencies;
retained non-standard spelling.

2. Added one line in the TOC to include the Index

3. Italic text in the original is delimited by _underscores_.