Regnault

Best.-Nr. 6818 — 23 pp. 8vo 210 x 135 mm. partially stitched edge of title-page expertly repaired uncut. Paris: Félix & Pérignon 1825. The surprisingly rare auction catalogue of Regnault-Delalande 1762-1824 one of the most prodigious Parisian dealers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; WorldCat records no copy in North America. Regnault presided over a number of famous sales from the period foremost among them those of the expert Basan Count Potocki Rigal and the influential critic Saint-Yves. The introduction claims that Regnault-Delalande produced more than 300 sale catalogues the Getty Provenance Index records approximately 222. This memorial concludes in trans.: "This historian of Engraving.practiced as a connoisseur of art for forty years with as much integrity as talent. His death results in a large void in this sort of curiosity above all in the field of Prints." This catalogue describes 186 lots from Regnault-Delalande's choice collection. Lots 1-67 are framed drawings gouaches and watercolors by artists such as Bouchardon Castiglione H. Fragonard Greuze Guercino Jordaens Panini Rembrandt del Sarto C. & J. Vernet Rubens etc. Sheets of drawings constitute lots 68-90 and lots 91-102 are illustrated books. Lots 103-170 enumerate the dealer's library with many of the essential art historical works of the time as well as manuscript notes written by Mariette the catalogues of momentous sales such as those of Randon de Boisset Crozat Mariette Poullain Basan Cochin etc. many priced and a group lot of Salon catalogues. The final 16 lots are miscellaneous curiosities. A fascinating inventory of a distinguished art dealer's library and art collection. In nice condition; small marginal stain to the first leaf. We are unable to locate any example of this catalogue in North America. ❧ Lugt 10825 & 10834 sale was postponed to 7-8 March 1825. unknown books