Michel (Christian), born 1958

(25 cm), x, 431 pp., 168 illustrations. Publisher’s printed wrappers. - “A book of considerable value which no scholar of the eighteenth century can henceforth ignore” (from a review by Pierre Rosenberg, in Print Quarterly, volume 5, 1988, pp.300-302). Includes a chronological catalogue of the books illustrated by Cochin (pp.170-363).  Publishers’ retail price €77 (www.droz.org; link). ¶ Wrappers lightly finger-marked; otherwise a fine copy.