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Page 1. Catalogue raisonné des différens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts, qui composoient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724–1780)
Author: Pierre-Jean Mariette (French, 1694–1774)
Author: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
Printed by: Guillaume-Nicolas Desprez (French, 1713–1795)
Author: Pierre-Jean Mariette (French, 1694–1774)
Author: Pierre François Basan (French, 1723–1797)
Printed by: Guillaume-Nicolas Desprez (French, 1713–1795)
1775
Place of Publication: Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Printed book with 1352 marginal drawings in black chalk, with some red chalk, pen and ink, and watercolor
Dimensions
Sheet: 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.):
Overall: 22 x 13.5 x 4.4 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Overall: 22 x 13.5 x 4.4 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1713.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Paris: Chez l'auteur et G. Desprez, 1775
Catalogue Raisonné
Dacier 1042; Lugt, Répertoire des ventes 2453; Cohen-de Ricci 115.
Description(Paris: Chez l'auteur et G. Desprez, 1775) Octavo; [frontispiece, engraved title] xvi, 418 pp., plus four etchings (one folding) betw. pp. 194 & 195 [added etching bound at end]; half modern gilt-stamped brown calf, [18th century?] marbled paper boards (beige cloth box).
Signed
Sketch on page 207 signed pen and brown ink "G de Saint-Aubin del."
ProvenanceSaint-Aubin's estate; possibly sold to Baron de Saint-Julien or dispersed after the death of Augustin de Saint-Aubin; Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830; Lugt 2446); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1830 ff., lot 89; purchased at Lawrence sale by Joseph Hogarth, Sr. (1801-1879); C. Richardson, Manchester, England, book dealer from whose catalogue 87, no. 242, acquired July 1921 for £2/10/- by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936); his bequest to MFA November 17, 1937.