Recueil de Vues de Rochers de Mer, [...] gravè par P. C. Canot,

Bookseller Notes

Scarce mid eighteenth-century booklet of evocative seashore views after scenes by the celebrated landscape artist Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728-1808). Produced during the eight years he lived in London - Cornwall is as likely an inspiration for these views as Brittany - this is an Anglo-French production, with images by both British and French engravers. The chiaroscuro images include rocky shores, boulders rising from the sea, and a coastal cave, most with dwarfed human figures and the odd small vessel adding to the sense of grandeur.WorldCat records just one copy, at Columbia.