MALLET / LECLERC, S.
(Temple of Solomon) Plans, Elevations and Profiles of the Temple & Palaces of Solomon and that of Pharaoh's daughter with all their outbuildings. Paris, ca. 1757. Black and white. In oblong folio, 25 engravings on 12 plates. Collection of plates on strong paper bound together by a pink silk ribbon. Tiny freckles. Nice copy with large margins.
Rare collection of 25 engravings representing the Temple of Solomon after Mallet, Consul in Smyrna, engraved by Sébastien Leclerc and published in Paris by Charles-Antoine Jombert. Title in pen at the head of the collection inscribed on a small sheet of paper: "Temple of Solomon/Palace of Solomon/Palace of the Pharaoh's Daughter".
"Found in the "Catalogue des livres du fonds de Charles-Antoine Jombert, imprimeur-libraire du roi pour l'artillerie & le génie" of 1757 (in 22 plates)".
