Catalogue Raisonne Des Differens Objets De Curiosites Dans Les Sciences Et Arts Qui Composaient

by Pierre Jean Mariette

$3,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

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

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.