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Dictionnaire des graveurs anciens et modernes, depuis l'origine de la gravure, par F. Basan, graveur; second édition, mise par ordre alphabètique, considérablement augmentée & ornée de cinquante estampes par différens artistes célèbres, ou sans aucune, au gré de l'amateur. ...
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BASAN, Pierre-François (1723--1797)
[Dictionnaire des graveurs anciens et modernes. 1789]
A Paris (Place), chez l'auteur. Cuchet, libraire, Prault, imprimeur du Roi,, 1789.
2 vols ; 19.8 cm. (8°)
I: [6], 348 p., engr. frontis., [15] pl. : [8] engr. illus.
II: [2], 306 p., engr. frontis., [16] pl. : [7] illus.
First published in 1767. With vol. I frontispiece designed by Cochin fils and engraved by 'Langlois le je.' and vol. II frontispiece by 'Pierre', and engraved head-pieces signed by P. Choffard, dated 1789 and 1790. Soane's copy is without the plates optionally called for on the title-page. The sheets were reissued with new half-title and title-leaves, additional preliminaries and cancel vol. I, fol. Y1 and Y6 in 1809 (q.v.).
Copy Notes Bought from Edward Lumley for 3s. 6d. on 27 May 1829. (Priv. Corr. XVI.E.4.26). Traces of words and numbers in pencil on the half-title.
Binding C19th half sheep, marbled-paper boards, gilt double-rule spine. Two volumes bound in one.
Reference Number 1648
Additional Names Edward Lumley
[Dictionnaire des graveurs anciens et modernes. 1789]
Dictionnaire des graveurs anciens et modernes, depuis l'origine de la gravure, par F. Basan, graveur; second édition, mise par ordre alphabètique, considérablement augmentée & ornée de cinquante estampes par différens artistes célèbres, ou sans aucune, au gré de l'amateur. ...
A Paris (Place), chez l'auteur. Cuchet, libraire, Prault, imprimeur du Roi,, 1789.
2 vols ; 19.8 cm. (8°)
I: [6], 348 p., engr. frontis., [15] pl. : [8] engr. illus.
II: [2], 306 p., engr. frontis., [16] pl. : [7] illus.
First published in 1767. With vol. I frontispiece designed by Cochin fils and engraved by 'Langlois le je.' and vol. II frontispiece by 'Pierre', and engraved head-pieces signed by P. Choffard, dated 1789 and 1790. Soane's copy is without the plates optionally called for on the title-page. The sheets were reissued with new half-title and title-leaves, additional preliminaries and cancel vol. I, fol. Y1 and Y6 in 1809 (q.v.).
Copy Notes Bought from Edward Lumley for 3s. 6d. on 27 May 1829. (Priv. Corr. XVI.E.4.26). Traces of words and numbers in pencil on the half-title.
Binding C19th half sheep, marbled-paper boards, gilt double-rule spine. Two volumes bound in one.
Reference Number 1648
Additional Names Edward Lumley