[MARIETTE (P.-J.)]. Catalog raisonné des différents objets d - Lot 50

[MARIETTE (P.-J.)]. Catalog raisonné des différents objets de curiosité dans les sciences et arts, qui composaient le cabinet de feu M. Mariette [Vente des 15 novembre 1775 et 30 janvier 1776]. By F. Basan, engraver. Paris, Chez L'Auteur et Desprez, 1775, in-8°, paper-covered boards, smooth spine with handwritten title label "Cabinet de mr Mariette", speckled edges (antique cartonnage). Collation: engraved title, frontispiece, 16 pp. ch. I to XVI, 418 pp. ch. 1 to 418. Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694-1774), son of the engraver, print publisher and bookseller Jean Mariette (1660-1742), was the author of numerous sales catalogs. Louis XV entrusted him with the compilation of the Royal Library's prints. A title engraved by Moreau le Jeune, an allegorical frontispiece after Cochin engraved by Choffard followed by its explanation, and 4 plates representing drawings engraved by Mariette père. This was the second sale of the famous Mariette collection, which totaled 2,941 lots: 25 paintings, 1,338 drawings, 1,491 prints, 58 sculptures, 25 engraved stones and 4 miscellaneous lots. Famous names include Teniers, Rubens, Poussin and Greuze for paintings, and Michelangelo, Carracci, Dürer, Rubens and Poussin for drawings. Pages 373 to 418 are devoted to print books. In 1967, the Louvre organized an exhibition entitled Cabinet d'un grand amateur P.-J. Mariette. An interesting copy. The auction prices have been carefully handwritten in the margins of the volume. Small paper loss at the top cover. Dimensions: 195 x 127 mm. Lugt, 2453; Cicognara, 4462; Duplessis, 885.