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PICART, Bernard. Le Temple des Muses, orné de LX Tableaux. Amsterdam: Zacharie Châtelain, 1733.
2° (460 x 310mm). Half-title, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved dedication head-piece, 60 engraved plates each within decorative engraved architectural borders, plates titled in French, English, Dutch and German, wide margins, woodcut initials and tail-pieces (occasionally browning of text). Contemporary red morocco, covers with elaborate roll-tool borders incorporating crown and fleur-de-lys tools, spine gilt in seven sections, g.e. Provenance: Armorial bookplates of Baron Stanley and Chalfont House.
2° (460 x 310mm). Half-title, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved dedication head-piece, 60 engraved plates each within decorative engraved architectural borders, plates titled in French, English, Dutch and German, wide margins, woodcut initials and tail-pieces (occasionally browning of text). Contemporary red morocco, covers with elaborate roll-tool borders incorporating crown and fleur-de-lys tools, spine gilt in seven sections, g.e. Provenance: Armorial bookplates of Baron Stanley and Chalfont House.