HÉNAULT (Le Président). Nouvel abrégé Chronologique de l’Histoire de France, etc. Paris, Prault, 1768, large 4to, one volume usually bound in two parts.
The portrait of Marie Leczinska, engraved by Gaucher after Nattier and framed by a floral decoration by Choffard, forms the exquisite head-piece on the dedication-page. The book also contains illustrations by other artists. The frame alone, of the dedication head-piece, exists in eau-forte.
HISTOIRE ANCIENNE. A vignette engraved by Choffard after Monnet.
HISTOIRE DE LOUIS XV. Par Médailles. De l’Imprimerie royale, 1753-1757, folio. 20 handsome allegorical frames, all of different design, drawn and engraved by Choffard under the direction of Cochin fils.
Twenty-two plates are known to exist, but the whole series was never completed, nor was the work ever published.
IDÉE GÉNÉRALE DE LA VILLE DE RHEIMS. A head-piece by Choffard.
IMBERT. Le Jugement de Paris, poème en IV chants, par M. Imbert. Amsterdam (Paris), 1772, 8vo. 4 charming vignettes by Choffard and a title-page and 4 plates by Moreau, which are also pretty.
JANVIER. Choffard executed many cartouches for atlases by Janvier.
LA FONTAINE. Fables Choisies, mises en vers par J. de La Fontaine. Paris, Desaint et Saillant, 1755-1759, 4 vols., folio. A portrait and 275 illustrations. 2 plates are engraved by Choffard after Oudry.
In the prized edition the plate for the fable “Le singe et le léopard” has not got the name of the fable inscribed on the flying banner. There are copies on ordinary bluish paper, but the plates of these are poor impressions.