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Catalogue des Tableaux Estampes en livres & en feuilles Cartes manuscrites & gravées montées à gorges & rouleaux; Du Cabinet de feû… Dont la Vente se fera le Lundi 21 Juin & jours suivans… Par les Ssrs Pierre Remy & Benoît Audran
rif. 709615 1 p. 8vo 189 x 125 mm. 19th-cent. red cloth signed “Pierson” title on spine. Paris: Lottin & Musier 1762. A rare and early art auction catalogue fully priced in a contemporary hand and bound by Pierson in the red percaline preferred by the Goncourt brothers. Chauvelin marquis de Grosbois 1685-1762 and Louis XV’s secretary of foreign affairs was exiled due to the machinations of his rival Cardinal Fleury in 1737 and spent his final years in Paris. He was one of the earliest clients of Watteau. 81 lots with paintings attributed to or after Raphael Giorgione Guido Reni Bassan D. Teniers Neefs Rembrandt Champaigne Watteau N. Coypel etc.; famous print ensembles of the early 18th century; and manuscript and printed maps. Remy and Audran’s erudite comments are very interesting to read. A fine priced copy very likely from the famous library of the Goncourt brothers. With the engraved bookplate of Georges Pannier 1853-1944 the Parisian art dealer and collector of early art auction catalogues on the front paste-down and stamp of the Bibliothèque Heim on verso of title. ⧠Lugt 1232. P. Michel Peinture et Plaisir: Les Goûts picturaux des Collectionneurs Parisiens au XVIIIe siècle p. 247. See Bibliothèque des Goncourt XVIIIe siècle 29 March-3 April 1897 lot 207. unknown
Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. · Stati Uniti1950,00 USD≈ 1738,74 €
