Antoine-Nicolas Dezallier d'Argenville - Voyage pittoresque de Paris - 1770

Antoine-Nicolas Dezallier d'Argenville. Picturesque Voyage of Paris or a description of the most beautiful things in this great city in painting, sculpture and architecture. Paris, De Bure, 1770, x-483 pp. (3) ff.

A volume in-12 (170x100 mm), full calf, decorated spine with cords, red morocco title label, red edges (binding of the period). Wear and rubbing on the boards and spine, cracked joints, trimmed headbands. Interior fresh, rare foxing.

Fifth edition; well complete with the title-page-frontispiece hand-colored and the 7 ivory-engraved plates hors-texte

This guide describes the riches of the capital under the reign of Louis XV, by presenting the monuments, religious buildings, grand town houses and the works of art that make Paris renowned.

The work follows the organization of Paris into twenty quarters and lists the paintings, sculptures and notable architectural achievements. It describes in particular the interiors of churches, tombs, statues, fountains and art collections.