Le Bas Jacques Philippe C Engr (1 results)

Hardcover. Old calf, spine gilt in compartments, morocco labels, sl worn; boldly patterned e-ps. Some spotting; water-staining to the first 11 pls; pl 37 mounted. No letterpress; the allegorical frontispiece (pl.1) shows 'La Gravure occupée à tracer les principaux Evenemens de l'Histoire.'.Pictorial history of France from Pharamond to Charlemagne; published by subscription in fascicles of 12 plates, it continued up to 1781 (mid-14C) with a further 90-odd plates. Le Bas died in 1783; the complete set was issued with a printed title in 1785, attributing the text engraved on the plates to Jean-Jacques Garnier, historiographe du Roi. FRANCE.…