43. DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE (Antoine Nicolas).... Lot 43

43. DEZALLIER D'ARGENVILLE (Antoine Nicolas). Voyage pittoresque de Paris; ou Indication de tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette grande ville en Peinture, Sculpture, & Architecture. Paris, De Bure, 1765. In-12, x, [1] f., 476 p., [4] f. Marbled fawn basane, spine ribbed and decorated.Fourth enlarged edition of this important artistic guide to the Paris of Louis XV. It is adorned with a coloured frontispiece and 5 engraved plates out of text, 2 of which are folding. The author reveals many artistic or monumental treasures scattered in the capital and describes some of the king's paintings, exhibited in the Luxembourg: Holbein, Caravaggio, Rubens, etc. Binding rubbed. The title page is missing. (Cohen, 94)