Repertoire des artistes
Subtitle: Ou, Recueil de compositions d'architecture et d'ornemens antiques & modernes, de toute espece. Par divers auteurs, dont les principaux sont: Marot, Loire, Du Cerceau, Le Pautre, Cottart, Pierretz, Cotelle, Le Roux, Berain, &c.  Avec un abrégé historique de la vie & des ouvrages de chacun de ces artistes
By: Par Charles-Antoine Jombert. Ouvrage pour servir de suite aux Œuvres d'architecture de Jean Le Pautre
Contributors: Androuet du Cerceau, Jacques, active 1549-1584; Bérain, Jean, 1640-1711; Cotelle, Jean, 1607-1676; Cottart, Pierre, active 1650-1686; Le Pautre, Jean, 1618-1682; Leroux, Jean Baptiste, ca. 1677-1746; Loir, Nicolas Pierre, 1624-1679; Loir, Alexis, 1640-1713; Marot, Jean, 1619?-1679; Pierretz, Antoine, le jeune, fl. 1666; Babel, P. E., 18th cent; Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790; Duclos, Claude, 18th cent; Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676; Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635
Publisher: Chez l'auteur...
Published: 1765
Place of publication: A Paris, rue Dauphine
Language: fre
Subjects: Architectural Decoration and ornament; Early works to 1800; Decoration and ornament; Architecture; Details
Other titles: Recueil de compositions d'architecture et d'ornemens antiques & modernes, de toute espece
Notes: Œuvres d'architecture de Jean Le Pautre was published by Jombert in 1751.

T.p. vignettes, that in v. 1 after C. Cochin fils (dated 1762), that in v. 2 by Cl. Duclos. Each vol. has added engraved title-page, that in v. 1 by Jean Marot (dated 1764), that in v. 2 by Cottart. Headpiece to "Avertissement," v. 1, by Babel.

According to the tables of contents, v. 1 has 251 plates arranged in pts. 1-24, v. 2 has 437 plates in pts. 25-56.

Vol. 2 includes a number of suites that are less narrowly related to ornament, e.g.: pt. 50. Diverses etudes de têtes et figures anatomiques, dessinées et gravées par Abraham Bosse -- pt. 53. La vie de l'enfant prodigue, faite par noble Jacques Callot.

Binding: 18th-century calf. Spines tooled in gilt; citron and green leather labels for title and vol. number. Page edges red, remains of finger tabs.

On 2nd front free endpaper recto of each vol. is ownership inscription of Max. Steinmetz, Hoftapezierer. Three plates in pt. 4 annotated in pencil with German translations of the legend.