Catalogue raisonné des différens objets de curiosités dans les Sciences et Arts, qui composaient le...
Engraved title-page, beautifully engraved allegorical frontis. by Cochin fils & Choffard & four engraved illus. (one folding & double-page). xvi, 418 pp. Thick 8vo, cont. mottled calf (a little worn), leather lettering-piece, spine ornately gilt. Paris: Basan: 1775.
A nice copy of this important auction catalogue, in a contemporary binding. This encyclopedic catalogue begins with a finely executed allegorical engraving by Choffard and Cochin fils that depicts a bust of Mariette surrounded by the angelic personifications of art and taste; a detailed biography of Mariette; followed by a summary of the sale and a very useful index of artists. A.... More