Finely calligraphed 18th century manuscript, with a calculation on the appointmentand salary of officers and seafarers.<\/p>\n
Elegantly written the book opens with a superbe original drawnd and coloured fronsitpiece, signed by De Lachaussée. The allegoric theme shows Time pointing to two young ladies holding a draperie bearing the title. It could well be Jean-François Delachaussée, painter and miniature artist, close to the royal Orléans family.<\/p>\n
Each page is divied into two calculation tables, all within larger red and brown frame, withing larger squares bearing the respective calculations. The tables would give the correct pay according to a monthly salary ranging from 1 livre to 6000 livres.<\/p>\n
The manuscript concludes with the table of calculation on the percentage taken off the pay to benefit Marine Invalids.<\/p>\n
This manuscript is lavishly bound in red morocco and decorated with a very fine dentelle which could be attributeted to the master binder Derome; one of the tools included is the so called 'fer à l'oiseau' which the binder often used, along with musical instruments including a lyre, an arrow and a trumpet.<\/p>\n
The quality of the manuscritp indicates that it would have been written for a high ranking personality within the administration of the Marine and his coat of arms would have been on the center of the covers. During the French Revolution this aristocratic attribute has been taken off and has been replaced by what is possibly one of the most handsome and decoratif attributs: it depicts Liberty in front of large maritime fortress and a sailing ship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Manuscript on paper, 4to (269 x 206 mm) 52 un.ll., each sheet within triple border in brown ink and body color, fine wash and watercolour frontispiece coloured in shades of grey and pink; 18th century French red morocco, covers richly decorated and tooled in dentelle style, spine gilt with raised bands, central coat of arms replaced during the French Revolution with a large green morocco medallion showing a Liberty carrying a Phrygian hat, gilt inscription 'Marine de la Répu. Française'.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":77237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[530],"product_tag":[1269,562],"class_list":{"0":"post-77242","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-binding","7":"product_tag-antique","8":"product_tag-marine-2","9":"pa_auteur-lachaussee-m-de-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-manuscript","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" M. de LACHAUSS\u00c9E","chapeau":"Fine 'Revolutionary' binding","adresse_bibliographique":"","book_type":"Manuscript","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n