Essai sur la Peinture, la Sculpture et l’Architecture

by Louis de Bachaumont

$500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

First edition

Engraved allegorical frontis. 1 p.l., vi, 93 pp. 8vo, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. N.p.: 1751. First edition. Bachaumont 1690-1771 was an influential noble who grew up at the court of Versailles during the height of its significance as the political and cultural nucleus of France. He frequented the salons of Paris and was entangled in several controversies, one in particular

• Binding: Leather

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