Pierre Mariette

First printing of this series comprising 6 etchings (including a title-frontispiece) drawn and engraved by Lepautre and printed by Mariette. Copy similar to that held by the Biblioteca historica Marques de Valdocilla in Madrid (UCM). Not found in the electronic catalogues of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Plate dimensions 16.5x22.5cm.
20th-century binding in half vellum. Unlettered spine. 18th-century style marbled paper on boards. Plates mounted. A brown stain on the second engraving in the outer margin extending onto the engraving (1.5cm/3cm), another 1cm in diameter on plate 3. The engravings are numbered in the lower margin of the plate and also contain: P. Mariette ex.

First printing of this numbered etching suite from 1 (frontispiece) to 7. Plate numbered 2 is not found after number 1, the following plate bearing number 3. The collection preserved at the Madrid Library (Biblioteca historica Marques de Valdocilla) also records 6 engravings for this work without our possessing details concerning these 6 plates drawn and engraved by Lepautre. Absent from the electronic catalogues of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
20th-century half vellum binding using reused material. Unlettered spine. 18th-century style marbled paper on boards. Engravings mounted on tabs. 2 brown stains in the margins of the frontispiece, with soiled margins. Plate 7 contains nu