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DEZALLIER d’ARGENVILLE (Antoine-Joseph).

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Abstract of the life of the most famous painters with their portraits engraved in intaglio, the indications of their main works [...] by M.*** of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Montpellier. "A Paris, chez De Bure l'Aîné", 1745. 
2 vol. in-4 (26 x 20), contemporary full calf binding, title and tomaison parts in burgundy morocco, 5 f. (frontispiece, title...)-xlviii, 443 p. - viii, 483 p. Numerous ornaments (lettering, vignettes and culs-de-lampes) and engraved portraits. Missing headdresses, rubbed backs, scattered wet spots.