![[Title page] Basan. Catalogue Raisonné des différens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts, qui composoient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette. (Paris: chez l'Auteur et chez Desprez, 1775); G. de St. Aubin original drawings in the margin.](/internal/media/dispatcher/894438/preview)
[Title page] Basan. Catalogue Raisonné des différens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts, qui composoient le Cabinet de feu Mr Mariette. (Paris: chez l'Auteur et chez Desprez, 1775); G. de St. Aubin original drawings in the margin.
Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune
(French, 1741–1814)
Pierre François Basan
(French, 1723–1797)
Guillaume-Nicolas Desprez
(French, 1713–1795)
1775
Place of PublicationParis, France
Medium/TechniquePrinted book with 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 number37.1713.426
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDrawings
Collections
Paris: 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); J. Hogarth; C. Richardson, Manchester, England, book dealer from whom acquired by William A. Sargent (1858-1936), Boston, MA on July 26, 1921 (Cat. 87, no. 242: £2/10/-); his bequest to MFA November 17, 1937.
