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DESCAMPS, Jean Baptiste (1706-1791). La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandois, avec des portraits. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1753-1769. 4 volumes. 8° (210 x 133mm). Half titles, titles printed in red and black, portrait vignettes for each artist, further vignettes to all title pages and dedications in volumes I and III. (Small chip to lower corner of title to vol. I, similar minor paper faults to leading and lower edges throughout, title and half-title to vol. IV spotted.) Fine red polished roan by Claussens, spine richly gilt in compartments, double gilt ruled border to covers, red silk markers. Provenance: purchased from L. Giraud-Badin, 1927.
DESCAMPS, J.B. Voyage pittoresque de la Flandre et du Brabant. Paris: Desaint, Saillant, Pissot & Durand, 1769. 8° (210 x 133mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, folding engraved map and 5 engraved plates, vignette to dedication. (Occasional light spotting throughout, mainly marginal, two closed short tears to bottom edge of title page.) Uniformly bound by Claussens in fine red polished roan (upper board with three minor scuff marks).
BOTH FIRST EDITIONS. A beautiful set, uniformly bound, with fine crisp impressions of the engraved portraits of the artists. Cohen-de Ricci 287. (5)
DESCAMPS, J.B. Voyage pittoresque de la Flandre et du Brabant. Paris: Desaint, Saillant, Pissot & Durand, 1769. 8° (210 x 133mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, folding engraved map and 5 engraved plates, vignette to dedication. (Occasional light spotting throughout, mainly marginal, two closed short tears to bottom edge of title page.) Uniformly bound by Claussens in fine red polished roan (upper board with three minor scuff marks).
BOTH FIRST EDITIONS. A beautiful set, uniformly bound, with fine crisp impressions of the engraved portraits of the artists. Cohen-de Ricci 287. (5)