Pujol - Galerie Historique universelle - 1789

Historical Gallery by Pujol, circa 1789 - An ornamental collection of 69 Portraits of famous historical figures drawn in outline within a engraved frame with biographical notices - 1 title page, 1 page of portrait and 2 pages of texts per figure, also presented in a frame -
The great men of the history of the old continent, from Greek heroes to the last classical painters, from great military men to great philosophers, from great poets to great savants, etc., etc. -
Very important provenance: Ex-Libris of Renier Chalon, 1802-1889, (see photos), famous Belgian bibliophile, numismatist and mystifier. His book-ownership marks testify to his very rich library mainly devoted to History, Letters and Curiosities. Doctor of Law, Tax official, but above all a scholar passionate about numismatics. He was a Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium -
Half-leather black binding, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt title, marbled boards and endpapers, 276 pages, format: 18 x 21.5 cm - Condition: the binding shows some light wear, foxing may appear on some pages, but this work remains an object of rarity and curiosity -
- Directory of the Famous Figures:
Solon, legislator / Lycurgus, legislator / Herodotus, historian / Socrates, philosopher / Philip II, king of Macedonia / Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia / Aristotle, philosopher / Amilcar, Carthaginian general / Julius Caesar, emperor / Pompey, consul / Cicero, orator / Cato of Utica, Roman / Brutus, Roman / Agrippa, Roman consul / Germanicus, Roman consul / Caligula, emperor / Fredegund, queen of France / Charlemagne / Henry IV / Anne of Austria, queen of France / Philip II, Duke of Orléans / Suger, abbot of Saint-Denis / Jean Froissart, historian / Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable / Mazarin, cardinal / Louis II de Bourbon / Bossuet, bishop / Fenelon, archbishop / Esprit Fléchier, bishop / Louis Bourdaloue, Jesuit / Madeleine de Scudéry, famous daughter / Ninon de Lenclos, famous daughter / Jean Sénac, physician / Jean Astruc, physician / Françoise d'Issembourg de Grafigny / Louis-Elisabeth de la Vergne, comte de Tressan /
Bardo Bardi Magalotti, general / Otto I, Emperor of Germany / Anne of Boulogne, Queen of England / Jane Seymour, Queen of England / Philip II, King of Spain / Charles I, King of England / William III, King of England / Frederick III, King of Prussia / William Tell, Switzerland / Thomas More, Chancellor of England / François Ximenès, cardinal / Martin Luther, reformer / Ulrich Zwingli, reformer / Cervantes, poet / Thomas Aniello or Mazanielle, ringleader / Innocent XII, pope / John de Witt, Pensionary of Holland / Alexander Pope, poet / Titian, painter / Veronese, painter /
Le Vignola, architect / Hans Holbein, painter / Hendrik Goltzius, painter / Antoine van Dyck, painter / Jacques Callot, draftsman and engraver / Nicolas Poussin, painter / Cornelis Visscher, draftsman and engraver / Adrien van der Werff, painter / Elisabeth-Sophie Cheron, painter, poet and musician /
Antoine Watteau, painter / Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, engraver / Jacq.-Franç.-Joseph Saly, sculptor / Rameau, musician -