Notice Des Estampes Exposées À La Bibliothèque Du Roi; Contenant Des Recherches Historiques Et Critiques Sur Ces Estampes Et Sur Leurs Auteurs; Précédée d'un Essai sur l'origine, l'accroissement et la disposition méthodique du Cabinet des Estampes. - Prix: 2 Francs. -

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/2598

Imprint

À Paris,: Chez De Bure Frères, Libraires du Roi et de la Bibliothèque, rue Serpente, no. 7., - 2e. Édit. - (1823.)

Physical Description

xxiii, [1], 119, [1] p.; 167 mm. (Octavo.)

Contents

[Half-t., t.p., dedic.] - Avertissement - [Text] - Table Alphabétique Des Noms et Des Matières.

Responsibility Note

The printer is named on the half-title verso: 'De L'Imprimerie De Leblanc.'

This second edition is dedicated by Duchesne aîné to Monsieur Joly, Conservateur De La Bibliothèque Du Roi.

Summary Note

No publication-date is carried by the title page; but the dedication of 'cette seconde édition' carries the date of 1823. (The first edition had been published in 1819.)

The text lists 207 items, arranged chronologically from the 15th to the 18th century.

Provenance

The verso of the front loose endpaper is inscribed in pencil, 'S:A:H', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81.

Binding Note

19th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; green morocco spine-label lettered Duchesne - Notice Des Estampes Bibl Du Roi', spine lettered ''R.A.' and 'Paris1823'.

Name as Subject

Subject

Engravings (prints) - Engravers - Europe - History
Collections - Exhibitions - Libraries - Art galleries - France - Paris - 19th century
Catalogues - France - 19th century

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