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MARIETTE, Pierre-Jean (1694-1774). Traité des Pierres Gravées. Paris: de l'imprimerie de l'auteur, 1750.
Small 2° (307 x 199mm). Engraved title, letterpress title and engraved frontispiece after Bouchardon in volume 2, engraved dedication to Louis XV in volume 2, 259 plates on 196 leaves by Caylus after Bouchardon, 4 vignettes, a sealed letter inserted from the Royal librarian Bignon to the marquis de Gléon in volume 1. (Small tear in the upper margin of leave Dd, slight waterstains in the upper right corners of leaves Tttt-Kkkkk). Contemporary red morocco, gilt covers with triple gilt filet panel with the arms of Louis XV, spine gilt in six compartments, g.e. Provenance: Louis XV, his gift to the Marquis de Gléon in 1774 (inscription on the covers, and letter); Jean, Marquis de Gléon; Ph.-L. de Bordes de Fortage (armorial bookplates).
FIRST EDITION. Pierre-Jean Mariette was a publisher from the famous family of engravers and publishers, but he was also known as a collector and amateur. His collection of old master drawings was at the time one of the most celebrated in Europe, and despite the efforts of the Royal librarian Bignon to have it bought en-bloc by the King, at Mariette's death it was sold at auction.
Mariette had a great admiration for the sculptor Edmé Bouchardon and considered him to be one of the best draughtsman in Europe, and naturally it was to him he turned to when he planned the Traité des Pierres Gravées. The engraver of the drawings, the amateur Comte de Caylus, was a friend of Mariette and one of the most influencial art critic of the time.
The attestation in front of the volume I explains how the two volumes passed in 1774 from the library of the king to that of the Marquis de Gléon. The Marquis de Gléon had given the king four 10th century documents concerning the donation of lands, and in recognition for this gift the king asked his librarian Jérôme Frédérique Bignon to give the Marquis de Gléon these two volumes.
Small 2° (307 x 199mm). Engraved title, letterpress title and engraved frontispiece after Bouchardon in volume 2, engraved dedication to Louis XV in volume 2, 259 plates on 196 leaves by Caylus after Bouchardon, 4 vignettes, a sealed letter inserted from the Royal librarian Bignon to the marquis de Gléon in volume 1. (Small tear in the upper margin of leave Dd, slight waterstains in the upper right corners of leaves Tttt-Kkkkk). Contemporary red morocco, gilt covers with triple gilt filet panel with the arms of Louis XV, spine gilt in six compartments, g.e. Provenance: Louis XV, his gift to the Marquis de Gléon in 1774 (inscription on the covers, and letter); Jean, Marquis de Gléon; Ph.-L. de Bordes de Fortage (armorial bookplates).
FIRST EDITION. Pierre-Jean Mariette was a publisher from the famous family of engravers and publishers, but he was also known as a collector and amateur. His collection of old master drawings was at the time one of the most celebrated in Europe, and despite the efforts of the Royal librarian Bignon to have it bought en-bloc by the King, at Mariette's death it was sold at auction.
Mariette had a great admiration for the sculptor Edmé Bouchardon and considered him to be one of the best draughtsman in Europe, and naturally it was to him he turned to when he planned the Traité des Pierres Gravées. The engraver of the drawings, the amateur Comte de Caylus, was a friend of Mariette and one of the most influencial art critic of the time.
The attestation in front of the volume I explains how the two volumes passed in 1774 from the library of the king to that of the Marquis de Gléon. The Marquis de Gléon had given the king four 10th century documents concerning the donation of lands, and in recognition for this gift the king asked his librarian Jérôme Frédérique Bignon to give the Marquis de Gléon these two volumes.