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Page 250. Basan. Catalogue Raisonné des différens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts, qui composaient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette. (Paris: chez l'Auteur et chez Desprez, 1775); G. de St. Aubin original drawings in the margin.

Gabriel de Saint-Aubin (French, 1724–1780)
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 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.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession Number37.1713.250
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsDrawings
Paris: Desprez, 1775

Catalogue Raisonné Dacier 1042; Lugt Répertoire 2453. Cohen 115.
Description1352 marginal drawings on 281 pages of printed book. Basan. Catalogue Raisonné des differens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts, qui composaient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette. Chez l'auteur and Desprez, Paris, 1775; Dacier 1042. Titlepage etched by J. J. Moreau le Jeune. Gabriel de Saint-Aubin original drawings in the margins. Frontisp. by Choffard after Cochin, 4 etchings by Mariette after Guercino, Perino del Vaga, L. Carracci; one anonymous etching.
Signed Sketch on page 207 signed by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin.
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); J. Hogarth; C. Richardson, Manchester, England, book dealer from whom acquired by William A. Sargent (1858-1936), Boston, MA on July 26, 1921 (Cat. 87, no. 242: £2/10/-); his bequest to MFA November 17, 1937.