Accession number
PML 78683-86
Creator
Descamps, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1715-1791.
Published
A Paris : Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert ..., 1753-1763.
Notes
"De l'Imprimerie d'Abraham Viret ..., 1752"--Vol. I, colophon; "A Rouen, de l'imprimerie de Viret fils"--Vol. III, colophon.
1st ed.
Headpiece portraits engraved by Ficquet and other engravers after Eisen, Descamps, and others.
Includes indexes.
Pagination of v. 2 jumps from 446 to 457 (text unaffected).
PML copy contains some 25 p. of additional ms. material providing further biographies of artists up to the end of the eighteenth century.
Publisher varies: v. 3-4: Desaint & Saillant, rue de S. Jean de Beauvais; Pissot, Quai de Conty; Durand, rue de Foin.
Title pages in red and black.
1st ed.
Headpiece portraits engraved by Ficquet and other engravers after Eisen, Descamps, and others.
Includes indexes.
Pagination of v. 2 jumps from 446 to 457 (text unaffected).
PML copy contains some 25 p. of additional ms. material providing further biographies of artists up to the end of the eighteenth century.
Publisher varies: v. 3-4: Desaint & Saillant, rue de S. Jean de Beauvais; Pissot, Quai de Conty; Durand, rue de Foin.
Title pages in red and black.
Description
4 v. : ill., ports. ; 21 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Bookplate of Brian Douglas Stilwell.
Binding
Tree calf, gilt, with red spine labels.
Classification
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Department