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[LA BARRE de Beaumarchais, Antoine]. Le Temple des Muses, orn de LX. tableaux... dessins & gravs par B.Picart le Romain, & autres habiles Maitres. Amsterdam: Zacherie Chatelain, 1742.
2 (432 x 278mm). Half-title. Title in red and black with engraved vignette, dedication leaf with engraved head-piece. Engraved additional title, 60 engraved plates, each within integral but separately printed decorative border. (Additional title shaved with slight loss to image.) Contemporary sheep, spine gilt (joints split). Provenance: Sir Rowland Winn, ?5th Baronet, of Nostell Priory (1739-1785, inscription dated 1759). Cf. Cohen-de Ricci 532.
2 (432 x 278mm). Half-title. Title in red and black with engraved vignette, dedication leaf with engraved head-piece. Engraved additional title, 60 engraved plates, each within integral but separately printed decorative border. (Additional title shaved with slight loss to image.) Contemporary sheep, spine gilt (joints split). Provenance: Sir Rowland Winn, ?5th Baronet, of Nostell Priory (1739-1785, inscription dated 1759). Cf. Cohen-de Ricci 532.