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Semiramis, standing full-length in the foreground, with bow in left hand; in the background, a view of the hanging gardens of babylon; after vignondrawer/inventor: claude vignon () engraver: background: abraham bosse (()) figure: gilles rousselet () published by: pierre mariette i () reference: duplessis blum meyer lothe watermarked laid paperwhere the set is dated cour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe plates were engraved by rousselet (figures) and bosse (background)see bassani, 'claude vignon', , ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableetching and engraving from a series of seven plates representing the seven wonders of the world; the buildings are actually depicted in the background, with the foreground occupied by a royal figure
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From the work of jean desmarets de saint-sorlin (), lâariane de monsieur des marets conseiller du roy et controlleur general de lâextraordinaire des guerres de novveav rĂ©vevĂ«, et avgmentee de plusieurs histoires par l'autheur, et enrichie de plusieurs figuresgaston, richelieu's desmarets and the century of louis xiv (); lancaster, ha history of french dramatic literature in the seventeenth century ii (johns hopkins, ); rougier, francis lthe author jean desmarets de saint-sorlin was a french poet, dramatist, and novelist, who was born and died in parisour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe book is written in the manner of dâurfeâs more famous astrĂ©e, to which it is indebted for themes, narrative techniques, atmosphere, and elements of characterizationâ (hall, 110)meanwhile mĂ©linteâs friend palmĂ©de proves to be arianeâs lost brother and has, as a result, stature enough to marry Ă©picharis, whom he loves all alongset amidst neroâs persecution of christians in 1st century rome, two boys from syracus, mĂ©linte and palmĂ©de, visit rome where they fall in love with two girls: mĂ©linte with ariane and palmĂ©de with her maid Ă©picharisintroduced as a slave belonging to ariane, Ă©picharis proves to be the long-lost sister of the hero mĂ©linteâjean desmarets de saint-sorlinâ in the catholic encyclopedia iv (new york: robert appleton, )are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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