RANSON (Pierre), Charles-Germain de SAINT-AUBIN, et al. Recueil de chiffres gravés. [Paris, last quarter of the 18th century]. 35 plates mounted on mitre in a volume in-4, aubergine morocco, décor à la du Seuil, ornate spine, interior lace, gilt edges (R. Petit). A precious and rare collection of 35 engraved plates, each representing a large ornamental figure, composed of flowers, foliage, feathers or ribbons and surmounted by a crown. This collection comprises four suites: 1. RANSON (P.). Ier [-IIme] cahier de chiffres inventés par Ranson. Paris, Chereau, s.d. [ca. 1780]. Complete suite of 12 numbered plates engraved by Voyssard. 2. SAINT-AUBIN (C.-G. de). Premier [-IIme] recueil de chiffres inventés par Saint-Aubin, dessinateur du Roi. Paris, Ve F. Chereau, s.d. [1766]. Complete suite of 13 numbered plates engraved by Marillier. (Guilmard, p. 211). 3. MOITHEY. [Suite de chiffres sans titre]. Paris, Crepy, s.d. 6 numbered plates, some signed Moithey l'Aîné. 4. BRUCHON (N.). 1er cahier de lettres alphabétiques en fleurs... Paris, [Chereau], s.d. A complete suite of 4 plates engraved by Colinet; featuring the letters A to E, these are the only known plates in this series, the others having probably never been published. They are of a smaller format than the previous plates. A very handsome volume, luxuriously bound by Petit. From the Alexis de Redé library, with bookplate. Upper jaws discreetly restored, crease to one plate, soiling and marginal restorations to a few plates of the last two suites, the address of the last suite has been partially scratched.