LE BLOND, Géraud de LA CHAU
Description des principales pierres gravées du Cabinet de SAS Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
Chez M. l'abbé de la Chaud • M. l'Abbé Le Blond|à Paris 1780 - 1784|20.50 x 34 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition, magnificently illustrated with a frontispiece by Cochin, engraved by Saint-Aubin, a title vignette by the same, 59 large tailpieces and headpieces (designed and engraved by Saint-Aubin) explained and deciphered at the beginning of the work, and 179 figures hors-texte each presenting an engraved stone (engraved by Saint-Aubin). Fine printing on deluxe Holland paper.
Full black morocco-grained shagreen binding ca 1850. Smooth spine with flat raised bands decorated with fillets and roulettes on the bands. Triple-ruled frames on boards with corner fleurons. Marbled edges. Light rubbing to headcaps, corners. Paper lacking to margin of one leaf in volume I. Some leaves
€1,800