RESTOUT (Jean-Bernard), COCHIN (Charles Nicolas), Dir. Galerie françoise ou Portraits des hommes et des femmes célèbres qui ont paru en France, gravés en taille-douce par les meilleurs artistes... A Paris, chez Hérissant le fils, 1771-[1772]. In-folio, contemporary glazed fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, green title page, triple gilt fillet on flats, gilt edges (flaws including one uncovered headband, 2 worn corners, stain on front cover, several browned plates, 1 f. of text lacking).
Prestigious collection of 40 copper-engraved portraits by various artists under Cochin's direction, after the greatest painters of the time: P. de Champaigne, La Tour, Nattier, Restout, Van Loo, Vigée... Composed of 8 parts with separate paginations, each preceded by a delivery cover. One leaf is missing from p. 11-12 in the notice on Philippe d'Orléans.
(Cohen, 888).
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