Portraits des grands hommes, femmes illustres, et sujets mémorables de France
Subtitle: gravés et imprimés en couleurs.
Contributors: Yudin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Chez Blin, imprimeur en taille-douce ...
Published: 1786
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Military history, Modern.; Kings and rulers -- Portraits.; Nobility -- France -- Portraits.; Statesmen -- France -- Portraits.; Clergy -- France -- Portraits.; France -- Biography.; France -- History -- 18th century.; France -- History -- 17th century.; France -- Foreign relations.
Notes: Copperplate engravings printed in color: individual and group portraits of 17th and 18th century figures, some in historical or military tableaux, each with title and coat of arms beneath or with text in columns. All text engraved in manuscript. Plate A, no. 2 portrays the "Indépendance des États-Unis."
Engraved title page and dedication.
Dedication signed: Pierre Blin. Portraits signed by various artists and engravers. Engravings dated 1786-1792.
"Dédiés au roi."
LC copy purchased from G.V. Yudin, 1908. Yudin's blind stamp appears in upper margin of the [12th] leaf of plates (B., no. 6) and, more distinctly, in lower margin of [19th] leaf of plates (B., no. 13). Has list (in French) of 75 portraits written by hand on both sides of preliminary leaf.