Description:
Paris, Clousier et Lamy, 1780-86. 5 parts bound in 4 folio volumes [478 x 313 mm] (2 volumes of text, 2 volumes of engravings) of:
* Text: I/ (7) ll., 10 pp., lxxxiv pp., (1) l. of half-title, 368 pp., lxvi pp., (3) ll. ; small restoration in the margin of p. 45 ; II/ (3) ll., 7 pp., 8 pp., 578 pp. (error in numbering pp. 367-370), (3) ll., 129 pp. of table, (tear in the margin of p. 54 without loss and p. 91 with a small loss of few mm) ;
* Engravings: I/ 1 frontispiece, 7 pp. including 1 engraved title, 130 plates out of pagination, small tear formerly restored without loss in the margin of pl. 37; II/ (2) ll., 120 plates out of pagination including 2 folding. Cohen mentions a half-title at the beginning of the first engravings volume that was not bound here.
Bound in full red morocco, triple gilt fillet around the covers, spines ribbed and decorated, double inner gilt fillet, inner dentelle with floral decoration, gilt edges.
Contemporary binding.
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