Dessein, contenant 39 planches, dont 37 simples et une double.

Folio: 12 pp.; 38 etchings (few spots, holes and light marg. stains).

Later half vellum cardboard (used, sl. loose).

Complete drawing manual with a table of contents and etchings by Defehrt and Prevost after Bouchardon, Carracci, Cochin, Fragonard, Goussier, de la Hire, Le Brun, Poussin and Raphael. Subjects incl. instruments, body parts, nudes, and antique sculptures such as the Farnese Hercules, Apollo Belvedere and Laocoön group. Probably produced to accompany the "Encyclopédie" of Diderot & d'Alembert.
Bound with: 1. Plumassier panachier, contenant cinq planches. 1 p.; 5 etchings. - 2. Peintures en huile, en miniature et encaustique, contenant huit planches. 1 p.; 8 etchings.
Prov. Hubert Dupond (ex-libris).4