Page 1. Catalogue raisonné des différens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts, qui composoient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette
Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
(French, 1724–1780)
Pierre-Jean Mariette
(French, 1694–1774)
Pierre François Basan
(French, 1723–1797)
Guillaume-Nicolas Desprez
(French, 1713–1795)
1775
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniquePrinted book with 1352 marginal drawings in black chalk, with some red chalk, pen and ink, and watercolor
DimensionsSheet: 21 x 13 cm (8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.):
Overall: 22 x 13.5 x 4.4 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Overall: 22 x 13.5 x 4.4 cm (8 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent
Accession number37.1713.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDrawings
Collections
Paris: Chez l'auteur et G. Desprez, 1775
ProvenanceSaint-Aubin's estate; possibly sold to Baron de Saint-Julien or dispersed after the death of Augustin de Saint-Aubin; Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830; Lugt 2446); his sale, Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1830 ff., lot 89; purchased at Lawrence sale by Joseph Hogarth, Sr. (1801-1879); C. Richardson, Manchester, England, book dealer from whose catalogue 87, no. 242, acquired July 1921 for £2/10/- by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936); his bequest to MFA November 17, 1937.
