[GRAVURES]. Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux - Lot 263

[GRAVURES]. Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux du cabinet de Monseigneur le Duc de Choiseul par les soins du Sr. Basan. A Paris, Chés l'Auteur, 1771. In-4° leaves in chemise, lacs. Entirely engraved work, consisting of an ornate title, two portraits of Choiseul, twelve pages of description of the paintings and 126 reproductions (of 128) engraved plates after BREUGHELS, TENIERS, Du JARDIN, etc. From the Alfred Piet library with bookplate. Plates 68, 69, 76, 78 and 101 are bisected, 74 is on a double page, 93 and 94 are on the same plate, and 122 is numbered 95. Plates 4 and 45 are deficient. ATTACHED: a suite of eight free plates. Jacket damaged. This collection was acquired by Empress Catherine II of Russia, through Diderot's intermediary.