BOUDARD, Jean Baptiste (1710-1768) - Iconologie Tirée de divers Auteurs. Ouvrage Utile aux Gens de Lettres, aux Poetes, aux Artistes, & généralement a tous les Amateurs des Beaux-Arts. Parma: Philippe Carmignani, 1759. Folio edition of this famous masterpiece by the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Boudard, born in Paris but active mainly in Parma, containing over six hundred allegorical engravings arranged alphabetically to create a visual dictionary of vices, virtues, emotions, professions and lots more. 3 volumes, folio (285 x 205mm). Half-titles, titles with engraved printer's device, engraved dedication in first volume, 630 allegorical engraved illustrations, text in French and Italian, with notice to subscribers (some foxing and occasional staining, half-title of vol. 3 repaired). Contemporary vellum with speckled covers, panelled spine with leather labels decorated in gilt, marbled edges (extremities lightly rubed. (3)

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