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LA CHAU, GERAUD DE; and LE BLOND, GASPARD-MICHEL. Description des Principales Pierres Gravées du Cabinet de S. A. S. Monseigneur Le Duc d'Orleans.

LA CHAU, GERAUD DE; and LE BLOND, GASPARD-MICHEL. Description des Principales Pierres Gravées du Cabinet de S. A. S. Monseigneur Le Duc d'Orleans. 103 engraved plates and numerous vignettes and tailpieces by augustin de saint-aubin. 2 volumes. Folio, contemporary boards, lacking spine on Volume 1, both with rubbing and some loss of paper and edges. Paris, 1780-84

  • Notes: first edition. "A selection of engraved gems from the important collection... inherited by Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orleans (1747-1793)"--Sinkankas 3734. The collection was put up for sale in 1786 and eventually sold to Catherine II of Russia.

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