Author: MARIETTE, PIERRE-JEAN. Dumesnil, J[ules].
Title: Histoire des plus célèbres amateurs français et de leurs relations avec les artistes. Paisant suite à celle des plus célèbres amateurs italiens. [Tome I] : Pierre-Jean Mariette 1694 - 1774.
Description: Paris, E. Dentu, 1856. [1],389 pp. Contemp. green quarter leather, spine gilt tooled and with back with decorative blind stamping, marbled covers & endpapers. 8vo. - Worn along the extrimities. Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694 - 1774) was a French collector of, and dealer in old master prints. He was a renowned connoisseur, especially of prints and drawings, and a chronicler of the careers of Flemish, French and Italian Artists. For decades he was a central figure in the artistic culture of Paris, the city where he was born, and died.

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