L'art de peindre.. Poëme. Avec des réflexions sur les différentes parties de la peinture.. Par M. Watelet, ...
Claude-Henri Watelet (Paris 1718 - Paris 1786)
Category
Books
Date
1760
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3014893
Summary
Bibliographic description
v., 2 leaves of plates. ill.. 4to. Accession no. 4674. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: S.-P. Mérard de Saint-Just (1783 catalogue, no. 182). Manuscript signature and date of 'Roger de Trüi (?) Grosley 1827' on flyleaf. R.Portalis (sale 1878, lot 84). Fontaine. Delbergue-Cormont (sale 1883, lot 112). R. Lion (sale 1883, lot 112). Fatout (stock nos. 23160 and 2484 on free front endpaper verso. 1897 Waddesdon catalogue, p.90. $zBinding: contemporary French green morocco gilt, triple fillet with thicker central band. Rich dentelle covers incorporating floral and vine tools and with a harp at the midpoint, the corners with an assembly of hunting horn, rifle, rabbit, pheasant and game bag. Arms of S.-P. Mérard de Saint-Just. Red lettering-piece, floral tool. Red headbands and silk marker, edges gilt over marble, red silk endleaves. Bound by N.-D. Derome according to the 1783 catalogue of Mérard de Saint-Just 'Exemplaire sur papier fort, grand in 4o, m. vert tabis rose, riches dentelles, reliure de Rome le jeune 48 livres'.
Makers and roles
Claude-Henri Watelet (Paris 1718 - Paris 1786)