[VRIJDAG (Daniel), VINKELES (Reinier)]: Tafereelen van de St - Lot 124

[VRIJDAG (Daniel), VINKELES (Reinier)]: Tafereelen van de Staatsomwenteling in Frankrijk. Eerste [ à vijfentwintigste ] deel. Amsterdam, Jan Allart, 1794 - 1807. 25 parts in two volumes. Scenes of the Revolution in France. Première [à la vingt-cinquième] partie. 14 by 22.5 cm. 25 title leaves with engraved vignettes by Vinkeles, each one different, and 155 engraved plates, including 78 portraits by Claessens and Porthmann, and 77 double-page scenes by Vinkeles and Vrijdag after Brion, Duplessi-Bertaux, Ozanne, Vernet, Fragonard fils, Girodet, Swebach.... Slightly later full red percaline, black title page. The binding is in very good condition, with a few scattered brown spots in the illustrations. "This collection includes 155 (out of 156) scenes engraved by Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816) and Daniel Vrijdag (1765-1822) for the Dutch collection "Tafereelen van de Staatsomwenteling in Frankrijk" (counterfeit of "Tableaux de la Révolution française"), which appeared in 25 issues, and which is only exceptionally complete. Our copy lacks only one portrait (79 are normally required), making it one of the most complete ever encountered. - 1. first issue [1794]: 8 plates, including 5 portraits. - 2. second issue [1795]: 7 plates, including 2 portraits. - 3. third issue [1796]: 7 plates, including 4 portraits. - 4. fourth issue [1797]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 5. fifth issue [1797]: 7 plates, including 4 portraits. - 6. sixth issue [1798]: 7 plates, including 4 portraits. - 7. seventh issue [1798]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 8. eighth issue [1799]: 6 plates, including 2 portraits. - 9. ninth issue [1799]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 10. tenth issue [1800]: 6 plates, including 4 portraits. - 11. eleventh issue [1800]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 12. Twelfth issue [1801]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 13. thirteenth issue [1801]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 14. Fourteenth issue [1802]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 15. Fifteenth issue [1802]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 16. Sixteenth issue [1803]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 17. Seventeenth issue [1803]: 5 plates, including 2 portraits. - 18. Eighteenth issue [1804]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 19. Nineteenth issue [1804]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 20. Twentieth issue [1805]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 21. Twenty-first issue [1805]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 22. Twenty-second issue [1806]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 23. Twenty-third issue [1806]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 24. Twenty-fourth issue [1807]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. - 25. Twenty-fifth issue [1807]: 6 plates, including 3 portraits. Only three copies listed in the CCF: a rare work. Remarkable contemporary illustration of the French Revolution, of the highest quality.