GIBELIN, Esprit Antoine - Lot 112

GIBELIN, Esprit Antoine Lettre sur les tours antiques qu'on a démolies à Aix-en-Provence & sur les antiquités qu'elles renfermoient Aix-en-Provence, B. Gibelin-David & T. Émeric-David, 1787 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ANTIQUE TOWERS OF AIX-EN-PROVENCE AND THE DISCOVERY OF TREASURES ORIGINAL EDITION In-4 (268 x 205 mm) COLLATION and ILLUSTRATION: 34 pp. 11 etched plates, including 3 fold-outs 19th CENTURY BINDING. Half blue calf, smooth spine decorated PROVENANCE : late 19th-century unidentified bookplate with the numeral "E. L.", bearing the Greek motto on a phylactery "Δοκιμάζειν κατέχειν" ("I confirm I own it") -- Paris, June 4, 2013, no. 35 Rubbed binding Plate numbered V depicts the famous porphyry vase found during the destruction of the towers in 1786. This, along with the white marble vases illustrated in this book, are on display today at the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence. BIBLIOGRAPHY : the inventory number of the porphyry vase in the Musée Granet is: inv. ni. 862.3.3