[BOUCHARDON, Edmé]. BASAN, François - Lot 73

[BOUCHARDON, Edmé]. BASAN, François Catalog des Tableaux, Desseins, Estampes, Livres d'Histoire, Sciences & Arts, Modèles en cire & plâtre, Paris, De Lormel, 1762 THE COLLECTION OF A GREAT SCULPTOR. COPY ANNOTATED BY A CONTEMPORARY HAND, WITH A "TYPICAL" ORIGINAL DRAWING BY BOUCHARDON. ORIGINAL EDITION In-12 (179 x 120 mm). Engraved vignette on title page. MARGINAL ANNOTATIONS: some prices in ink ATTACHMENT: ORIGINAL DRAWING in red chalk, unsigned, but "typical of Edmé Bouchardon" (Patrick de Bayser), depicting a bas-relief in the taste of Antiquity, inserted between pp. 12 and 13. 19th CENTURY BINDING. Blonde calf, double gilt fillet, ribbed spine, gilt edges. PROVENANCE : comte Louis de La Forest d'Armaillé (ex-libris) -- marquis de Luppé (1866-1934; ex-libris) Binding restored BIBLIOGRAPHY : Georges Duplessis, Les ventes de tableaux, dessins, estampes et objets d'art au XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles, Paris, 1874, no. 438. We would like to thank Mr. Patrick de Bayser for his help in authenticating the original drawing by Edmé Bouchardon.