[MARIETTE, Pierre-Jean]. BASAN, Pierre-François - Lot 89

[MARIETTE, Pierre-Jean]. BASAN, Pierre-François Catalog raisonné des différens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et les arts qui composaient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette, Contrôleur général de la Grande Chancellerie de France, honoraire Amateur de l'Académie R[oya]le de Peinture, et de celle de Florence Paris, chez l'Auteur, 1775 ANNOTATED SALES CATALOG FROM THE COLLECTION OF ONE OF THE GREATEST ART DEALERS OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT. MENTION DE ALL LES PRIX ET ALL LES NOMS DES ADJUDICATAIRES ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (195 x 120 mm). Engraved title page. Woodcut headbands COLLATION: 1 f. n. ch. xvi pp. 418 pp. 4 pp. RECTIFICATION TO CATALOGUE: The boards have separated from the body of the book. ILLUSTRATION: frontispiece designed by Charles-Nicolas Cochin and engraved by Pierre-Philippe Choffard, 4 plates including 1 folding engraved by Mariette himself, bound before page 195 ANNOTATION: handwritten prices, with mention of bidders or successful bidders, in brown ink in the margins. ITALIAN BINDING OF THE PERIOD. Marbled calf, large gilt decoration, lace framing, floral motif with fleur-de-lys semis, long spine, red edges. Box PROVENANCE: Paris, December 9, 2011, no. 220 Worn binding, title-piece and headpieces missing, corners dulled, trace of bookplate on one endpaper. BIBLIOGRAPHY : Grolier 239