Voyage Pittoresque De Paris, Ou Description De tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette grande Ville, en Peinture, Sculpture & Architecture (Picturesque Journey of Paris, or Description of all that is most beautiful in this great City, in Painting, Sculpture & Architecture)
Paris: Bure père, Libraire, 1770. Fifth edition. Hardcover. 12mo. x, 483 [5]pp., 8 plates, 3 folding. Original speckled calf with gilt lettering on red leather label of spine, and gilt tooling and ruling. Red edges. Marbled endpapers. Color frontispiece engraving. Publisher's device on title page. Historiated and decorative headpieces, decorative endpieces. Marginalia. Binder's instructions on page X, errata on page 484. Author's works listed on pp. 481-483,with prices.
Originally published in 1749, this is the fifth edition introducing the great paintings, sculptures, and architecture of the city of Paris. The plates included in this volume are engraved by Jean Robert (color), Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, Ch. G Coupeau, Jacques de Favanne, Pierre-Philippe Choffard, Augustin Saint-Aubin, and Etienne Fessard. Text in French. Binding with light wear along edges, somewhat more pronounced along spine. Occasional damp-stains. Good+ to very good condition. Item #54991
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