Description: 24.4 x 15.9 cm, softcover in-8vo, light-green publisher's wrappers, lettered in black to both covers and and spine; bookplate pasted to verso of the front wrapper: “LE GÉNIE DE LA GRAVURE | CONSOLE LE GÉNIE DU DESSIN | {vignette} | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CLAUDETTE HOULD ||
Title-page: ÉCOLE PRATIQUE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES — IVe SECTION | Sciences historiques et philologiques | — | VI | HISTOIRE ET CIVILISATION DU LIVRE | 18 | CHRISTIAN MICHEL | CHARLES-NICOLAS COCHIN | ET LE LIVRE ILLUSTRÉ | AU XVIIIe SIÈCLE | Avec un catalogue raisonné des | livres illustrés par Cochin | 1735-1790 | Ouvrage publié avec le concours du Centre national | de la Recherche scientifique | {device} | GENÈVE | LIBRAIRIE DROZ | 11, rue Massot | 1987 ||; front wrapper also has in the bottom: Librairie CHAMPION, 7 quai Malaquais – Paris ||
Collation: 8vo; [1]-258, 26 leaves of plates (fig. 1-169) extraneous to collation, 26+[27]14 288; plates: unpaginated photo reproduction of Cochin’s 169 drawings and engravings; quire 27 unsigned, together with quire 26 makes 14 leaves.
Pagination: [i-vii] viii-x, [1] 2-431 [423 colophon] [2 blank], 26 leaves of plates.
Provenance: Claudette Hould, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, spécialiste d’histoire de l’art français.
Ref.: British Museum.
Publisher: Droz
Charles-Nicolas Cochin (French, 1715 – 1790)
See Cochin's illustrated books in this collection: LIB-2941.2021, LIB-2766.2021; LIB-2640.2021; LIB-2529.2020.
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Reference Books |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Catalogue raisonné |
| Country | France |
| Period | 20 AD , Late 20th century |
| Language | French |
| Media/Technique | Wove paper |
| Subject | 18th century , Art , Artist , Book illustration , Catalogue raisonné , Cochin, Charles-Nicolas (French, 1715 – 1790) , Engraving , France , French art , Illustrated books , Illustration of books |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1987 |
| Binding | Softcover , Wrappers |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
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