Description of the main engraved stones of the Cabinet of SAS Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
P., Chez M. l'abbé de La Chau, M. l'abbé Le Blond, et chez Pissot, 1780-1784. 2 volumes in-4, full calf, spine with ornate nerves, title and giblets. Spines rubbed, part of the spine split. [32], 303pp. and [4] v [3] 215pp. (5).
First edition with a few missing pieces.
Engraved stone plates, almost exclusively engraved by Saint Aubin. The vignettes and culs-de-lampe considered as "magnificent" by Cohen, are due to Choffard.
In volume 1, 14 pages of text, the frontispiece and plate 24 are missing. Some dampstains, browning, a lack in the margin, a tear without lack, an ink stain. In volume 2, an additional plate and 4 pages of text are missing. In addition and not surprisingly, the Spintrian medals are missing: "it is to be observed," says Cohen, "that very few of the copies in old bindings originally contained the Spintrian plates.
The duke of Orleans was a great collector of books, antiques and engraved stones. His collection was bequeathed to Louis XIV.
Cohen, 542. Brunet, III, 727.
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