78/2554 [Artists' manuals]. Nouveau Livre à Dessiner des Carracteres D'annibal Carrache. Augsb., J.G. Merz, n.d. (±1750), engr. title-p. by A. HUMBLOT, 20 plates after A. CARRACCI, 1 extra plate by VERDIÉ after J.G. MERZ, later hcl., obl. 4to.

- Most leaves sl. fingersoiled in blank margins; occas. sl. yellowed. Backstrip worn/ sl. dam.

= With contemp. (stained) manuscript owner's entry: "Ex libris Caroli Patin (...) 1756" on first blank. See also lot 2558 (contents not identical).