Caylus, Recueil de testes de caractere et de charges dessinées par Leonard de Vinci, Paris, 1730, red morocco gilt

CAYLUS, ANNE CLAUDE PHILIPPE, COMTE DE

Recueil de testes de caractere & de charges, dessinées par Leonard de Vinci Florentin, & gravées par M. le C. de C. Paris: J. Mariette, 1730

4to (289 x 207mm.), engraved sepia title-page after Agostino Carracci, 59 numbered engravings on 31 plates (most with 2 to a page), plus a final sepia engraving "di mano di Lodovico Cigoli", all leaves on guards, contemporary red morocco gilt, spine gilt in compartments, morocco label with inventory number 96 at foot of spine, gilt edges, binding slightly worn and rubbed

A set of plates by Caylus after Leonardo's grotesque face studies. The number of plates can vary, but this copy contains all the engravings described in the printed "Catalogue des pièces" at the end of the preface.

LITERATURE:

Cohen-De Ricci 212 (40 plates) & 623 (36 plates)