Dedication to Monsieur de L'Orme, Singeries ou différentes actions de la vie humaine représentées par des singes (Monkey Antics or Different Actions of Human Life Represented by Monkeys), Christophe Huet, French, 1700-1759, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Guelard, French, 1719-ca. 1755, Charpentier, Paris, France, Etching on paper, Dedication plate from a series of 23 bound prints featuring monkeys acting as humans in various figural scenes. Textual plate with printed text divided into two columns separated by a vertical line. Bordering the text is a menagerie of animals including birds such as a chicken, duck, goose, parrot, ostrich, and other exotic birds. At lower center, a resting lion, tiger, and leopard. Surrounding the animals are decorative columns and ornament in rocaille style., Paris, France, ca. 1743, albums (bound) & books, Bound print, Bound print