Aubin Louis Millin de Grandmaison | Peintures de Vases Antiques, 1808-1810

Aubin Louis Millin de Grandmaison 

Peintures de Vases Antiques, vulgairement appelés étrusques. Paris, Didot l'ainé, 1808 [-1810]

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, folio (587 x 425 mm), half-titles, dedication, 149 engraved plates (only, of 150), some folding, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt with vase motifs, edges uncut, lacks plate 78 in volume 2, some spotting, binding rubbed

Dedicated to the Empress Joséphine, this work describes and reproduces vases from the collections of Malmaison, the Imperial Library, and the Sèvres factory, as well as pieces from the Duke of Dalmatia, Galitzine and other French collections.

LITERATURE:

Blackmer 1129

PROVENANCE:

Bibliothèque des ducs de Luynes, Château de Dampierre, sale in our Paris rooms, 29-30 April, 2013, lot 572