Catalogue d'estampes des plus grands maîtres italiens, flamands & françois, de divers recueils d'estampes, d'architecture de différents maîtres, & autres traités sur les arts, dépendants de la succession de M. Mariette, contrôleur-genéral de la Grande-Chancellerie de France, honoraire amateur de l'Academie royale de peinture & sculpture & de l'Academie de Florence ...
Auction catalogue of Pierre-Jean Mariette's print collection, compiled by dealer François Basan and printed in Paris in 1775 for collectors and dealers bidding on Italian, Flemish and French engravings; this copy carries margin sketches by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin recording the lots as they passed. The drawings are small, smudged graphite and chalk thumbnails crowded against lot numbers and letterpress, reducing figure groups, crucifixions and interiors to a few dark strokes and rubbed shadow, useful for rough gestural marks, annotated page layouts, and images that read as sketch rather than finished plate.
