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Voyage Pittoresque de Paris de tout ce qu'il y a de plus beau dans cette grande Ville en Peinture, Sculpture, & Architecture: Par M.D.*** Troisieme Edition, A Paris, CHez De Burel’aine, 1757, hand-colored illustrated title, two black and white full-page engravings and one folding illustrated engraving, 496 pp, full original leather, 7 x 4”, 12mo. In as-is condition. Binding copy. Both boards are detached. A great candidate for restoration. Original binding quite worn with heavy rubbing to extremities with peeling. Leather quite desiccated and cracking. A non-archival epoxy has likely been painted over the spine remnants. Heavy loss to spine. Marbled end papers free of markings, remain bright for their age. All edges red. First fly and end papers are nearly detached from the front of the text block. Internally good with light toning and minor instances of foxing. Free of known markings. Binding remains intact. An important work worth restoring. Please see photos. A guide to Paris’ art and monuments by Antoine-Nicholas Dezallier d’Argenville (1723-1796). Anonymously wrote under M.D.***. This work first appeared in Paris in 1749, and was a connoisseur’s guide to the chief artistic and architectural monuments of Paris, with accounts of the leading academic and scientific organizations of the city. At least six further editions appeared before the Revolution. COLH1757AJKW-FORN-TUB0004(HK)
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