Notice de Tableaux, Gouaches, Dessins, Estampes…Vases d’albatre et autres Objets; Après le décès de… Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente se fera en son appartement, rue de Provence, Maison No. 17, le Vendredi 6 Juin…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: WEBB, –, Baronet)
8 pp. 8vo (213 x 140 mm.), disbound, single sheet folded. Paris: Dufossé & Regnault-Delalande, 1823. A very scarce sale catalogue of pictures, drawings, prints, and ceramics. We are not able to identify the seller beyond the information provided on the title-page, that he was an English baronet. Our catalogue lists 57 lots. Webb’s library was sold by Debure several days previous. In very good condition and in original state. From the Bibliothèque Heim. ... Read More
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[Drop-title]: Catalogue de Tableaux, Provenans de la Gallerie & du Cabinet de…qui seront vendus le Mercredy 12, Avril 1747…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BANCKHEIM, –, Baron de)
47 pp. Small 8vo (169 x 102 mm.), modern marbled boards, gilt title on spine. [Paris: 1747]. A scarce and early auction catalogue dispersing a substantial collection of paintings belonging to a “Baron de Banckheim,” possibly a fictitious provenance. We also do not know the expert in charge of this sale, but we do see that they borrowed heavily from the celebrated catalogues of the leading art dealer of the time, Edme François Gersaint (1694-1750). The foremost scholar... Read More
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Catalogue des Tableaux et Pierres gravées composant le Cabinet de Feue Mme. La Baronne de V***ez; dont la vente se fera…les mardi 19 et mercredi 20 septembre 1815…
by AUCTION CATALOGUE: HENRY, Bon-Thomas (or Thomas), expert
29 pp. 8vo (206 x 132 mm.), disbound, stitched as issued. Paris: Henry & Olivier, 1815. The scarce catalogue of an auction directed by Bon-Thomas Henry (1766-1836), first a painter, then a respected dealer and tasteful collector. The supposed consigner “La Baronne de V***ez,” was very probably fictitious. This sale, consisting mostly of Northern pictures, offered 76 lots of paintings and 11 lots of engraved stones. Henry has contributed informative descriptions for most of the pictures. Attributed here... Read More
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Catalogue d’un Choix précieux d’Estampes de célèbres Graveurs anciens et modernes…Recueils, Livres sur les Arts, Planches gravées et Dessins: Après le décès de… Précédé d’une Notice historique sur feu M. Bervic: Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente se fera le Mardi 9 Juillet et jours suivans…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BERVIC, Charles Clément, born as BALVAY, Jean Guillaume)
1 p.l., xiii, [1], 40 pp. 8vo (200 x 128 mm.), cont. blue paper wrappers, stitched as issued & strengthened with clear tape. Paris: Delaplace-Gérardin & Regnault-Delalande, 1822. The very scarce sale catalogue detailing the sizable and choice collection of a celebrated engraver. Bervic (1756-1822), best known for his skillful works after Callet, J. B. Regnault, Guido Reni, and Raphael, studied under Le Prince, as well as Wille, who considered him one of his most promising students. A... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres rares et singuliers du Cabinet de M. Filheul, Précédé de quelques Eclaircissemens sur les Articles importans ou peu connus, & suivi d'une Table alphabétique des Auteurs. La Vente de ces Livres commencera le 3 Mai 1779…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: [CHARDIN, Charles])
2 p.l., lvi, 502 pp. 8vo, 19th-cent. sheep-backed marbled boards, flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Dessain, 1779. A most unusual copy, very probably Chardin’s own copy, of this sale catalogue; it is the first of several sales, here held under the maiden name of his wife “Filheul,” by which Chardin, one of the most important Parisian booksellers of his time, periodically disposed of a portion of his vast stock. We know of later... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres rares et singuliers et des Registres manuscrits du Parlement; dont la vente se fera…le Mardi 27 Mars 1781 & les jours suivans…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: [BOUTIN, Charles Robert])
4, 99 pp. 8vo, cont. red morocco-backed blue paste-paper boards, flat spine gilt. Paris: Gogué & Née de la Rochelle, 1781. A rare and noteworthy catalogue, containing many book s from the celebrated library of Claude Gabriel de Boze (1680-1753). While de Boze’s library was being prepared for sale after his death in 1753, two distinguished bibliophiles — Jules François Cotte, Président au Parlement de Paris, and Charles Robert Boutin, Maître des Requêtes, purchased the entire library for... Read More
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Catalogue de Tableaux, Dessins, anciens et modernes, Estampes et Recueils, et Objets de curiosité, dont une grande partie provient du Cabinet de feu M. de Boissieu, de Lyon. La Vente aura lieu le Lundi 2 Avril 1821…
by AUCTION CATALOGUE: PAILLET, Charles, expert
24 pp. 8vo (199 x 125 mm.), late 19th-cent. aubergine calf-backed marbled boards (spine a little rubbed), spine gilt. [Paris]: Charriot & Paillet, 1821. A rare auction catalogue of paintings, drawings, prints, and miscellaneous curiosities; we locate no copy in North America. The Avertissement explains that the owner of the present collection purchased most of these items in the course of his travels and a number of drawings and studies were acquired directly from a “Mr. Deboissieu” (noted... Read More
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![Notice de Dessins, Modèles d’Orfévrerie religieuse, militaire, mobilière, ordres et armoiries, françaises et étrangères, exécutés par C. Percier…[24 décembre 1859]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/496/439/1354439496.0.l.jpg)
Notice de Dessins, Modèles d’Orfévrerie religieuse, militaire, mobilière, ordres et armoiries, françaises et étrangères, exécutés par C. Percier…[24 décembre 1859]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: PERCIER, Charles)
10 pp. Small 8vo, orig. printed wrappers (wrappers detached), partially stitched. Paris: F. Schayé, Me. Boulouze & Vignères, 1859. 82 lots. Pencil annotations throughout in a contemporary hand with nearly all prices and buyers’ names. Possibly F. A. Rapilly’s copy. Rapilly purchased a majority of the lots in this sale. Good copy, with valuable provenance information; largely disbound. From the library of Jacques Fryszman (1909-98), the great historian of art and collector of drawings, who wrote... Read More
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Catalogue de Tableaux, Gouaches et Estampes, Dont la Vente se fera les 12 et 13 janvier 1818…
by AUCTION CATALOGUE: ELIE, Charles, expert
38 pp. 8vo (200 x 125 mm.), orig. rose printed wrappers (some tape repairs & spine worn), stitched as issued. Paris: Elie & Bonnefond de Sarial, 1818. A scarce sale catalogue, in its original wrappers, consisting of 108 lots of mostly paintings, with a handful of drawings and prints. Administered by Elie (n.d.), who was part of the generation of experts that filled the vacuum caused by the deaths of Jean Baptiste Pierre Lebrun in 1813 and Alexandre... Read More
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![Catalogue des Bronzes, et autres Curiosités antiques, tant Egyptiennes que Grecques, Romaines & Gauloises; des Médailles antiques & modernes en or, en argent & en bronze; des Médailliers, & des autres effets curieux du Cabinet de feu M. De Valois…Dont la Vente se fera vers la fin du Carême de la présente année 1748 [ca. 1 April]…[by Gersaint]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/380/768/1239768380.0.l.jpg)
Catalogue des Bronzes, et autres Curiosités antiques, tant Egyptiennes que Grecques, Romaines & Gauloises; des Médailles antiques & modernes en or, en argent & en bronze; des Médailliers, & des autres effets curieux du Cabinet de feu M. De Valois…Dont la Vente se fera vers la fin du Carême de la présente année 1748 [ca. 1 April]…[by Gersaint]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: VALOIS, Charles de)
22 pp., 1 leaf of “Approbation.” Small 8vo (160 x 95 mm.), 19th-century calf-backed marbled boards (joints a little rubbed), red morocco lettering-piece on spine. Paris: Prault & Barrois, 1748. A rare sale catalogue of the Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Gallic antiquities amassed by Valois (1671-1747), an early connoisseur of ancient objects, who was named antiquaire du roi. This was one of Gersaint’s final sales. “Valois was the son and nephew of great 17th-century scholars, Adrien and... Read More
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Catalogue raisonné du Cabinet de feu… Par F.L. Regnault
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: SAINT-YVES, Charles Léoffroy de)
xiv, 336 pp., 19 pp. of printed price list. 8vo, later red half-pebbled cloth and marbled boards (upper cover slightly rubbed), spine lettered in gilt. Paris: Regnault & Silvestre, 1805. The important sale catalogue of an art critic and early chronicler of the Salons. Saint-Yves (1717-1804), was a member of a well-known family of oculists. He became a prodigious and eclectic collector, having inherited a large fortune from his father, Etienne. The younger Saint-Yves was a considerable buyer... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres imprimés et des Manuscrits, ainsi que de très-beaux Livres d'Estampes, composant la Bibliothèque de feu M. de Boissy, Dont la Vente se fera le lundi 28 germinal an 11 (18 avril 1803) et jours suivans…en sa maison, rue Saint Antoine, no. 311…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: DESPREZ DE BOISSY, Charles)
4 p.l., 183 pp. 8vo, attractive antique speckled calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Barrois l’aîné, et Fils and Alexandre, 1803. The rare sale catalogue of the library of Charles Desprez de Boissy (1730?-87), a leading French theater critic of the time. A lawyer to the Paris parlement, he was a member of many scientific and literary societies in France and Italy and the author of highly esteemed works on the theater.... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres rares et précieux, des Manuscrits, etc. de la Bibliothèque rassamblée par feu M. Paignon Dijonval, et continuée par M. le Vicomte de Morel-Vindé, Pair de France. Dont la Vente se fera le lundi 17 mars 1823, et jours suivans…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: MOREL-VINDÉ, Charles-Gilbert, Vicomte de & PAIGNON-DIJONVAL, Gilbert)
xvi, 4, 489 pp. 8vo, cont. sheep-backed marbled boards, flat spine gilt. Paris: De Bure frères, 1822. The large and fine library formed by Paignon-Dijonval (1708-92), was inherited by his grandson, Morel-Vindé, who made important additions to it. Morel-Vindé (1759-1842), the author of the Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen (1790), was active as an agronomist. He served as a member of Parlement and became Pair de France in 1815; Louis XVIII created him baron and... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliotheque de feu M. Le Blanc, Secretaire d’Etat. Dont la Vente se fera à l’amiable le Lundy 7. March 1729. & jours suivans…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: LE BLANC, Claude)
Woodcut arms of Le Blanc on title. xvi, 310 pp. (lacking the 19-leaf index). 8vo, cont. calf (headcap a bit defective), spine richly gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: G. Martin, 1729. The very rare sale catalogue of the library of Le Blanc (1669-1728), who held many positions in the defense ministry of France, finally serving from 1726 until his death as chief defense minister. As befitting an “homme d’état, ” this was a library rich... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres de feu Monsieur de la Vigne, Docteur Régent de la Faculté de Médecine de Paris…dont la Vente se fera en détail, suivant l’indication des Affiches
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: LA VIGNE DE FRÉCHEVILLE, Claude de)
2 p.l., xxiv, 171 pp. 8vo, cont. red morocco (a few minor defects to extremities), triple gilt fillet round sides, arms in gilt on each cover of the dauphin Louis de France (1729-65), son of Louis XV, spine richly gilt, a.e.g. Paris: G. Martin, 1759. The very uncommon sale catalogue of the library of La Vigne de Frécheville (1695-1758), first doctor to Queen Marie Leszczynska, wife of King Louis XV, and physician to Maria Josepha, second wife of... Read More
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![Catalogue des Tableaux, Dessins, Gouaches, Estampes, et autres Articles curieux composant le Cabinet de feu… Par H. Delaroche. La Vente s’en fera…[added in cont. ms]: “6 juin 1814.”](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/063/624/1367624063.0.l.jpg)
Catalogue des Tableaux, Dessins, Gouaches, Estampes, et autres Articles curieux composant le Cabinet de feu… Par H. Delaroche. La Vente s’en fera…[added in cont. ms]: “6 juin 1814.”
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BRISEBARRE, Claude Henry)
iv, 34 pp. Small 8vo (198 x 130 mm.), stitched as issued (spine a little defective). Paris: Delaroche & Bonnefons de la Vialle, 1814. A scarce sale catalogue, with many contemporary pencil annotations recording the prices and buyers. Brisebarre (d. 1813) was an administrator at the Banque de France, and this auction took place at his home on rue Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, no. 38. The present sale was postponed from 5 April to 6 June (hence the two Lugt numbers),... Read More
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Catalogue du Cabinet de Feu… Par F. L. Regnault Delalande…[18-20 January 1809]
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: BELLE, Clément Louis Marie Anne)
Imperial coat-of-arms vignette on title. xii, 28 pp. 8vo (215 x 132 mm.), late 19th-century blue sheep backed-marbled boards (upper & lower joints split but holding), title on spine. Paris: L’Auteur, 1809. The large-paper version of this unusually finely printed auction catalogue detailing the personal collection of a history painter who was reçu by the Académie Royale in 1761. Belle (1722-1806), a pupil of François Lemoyne, worked at the Gobelins manufactory from 1755, where he adapted pictures by... Read More
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Catalogue d’un Cabinet de diverses Curiosités… (27 November 1752 and following days)
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: [COTTIN, Daniel])
Typographic headpiece to recto of leaf Ai. 88, 7, & [4] pp. of ms. notes. 8vo, early 19th-cent. green morocco-backed marbled boards (head of spine chipped). Paris: Helle & Glomy, 1752. An uncommon and early sale catalogue, fully priced in a contemporary hand and supplemented with fascinating manuscript notes about the sale and the bidders. Although the collector is not named in print, someone has written down “Mr. Cottin” on the title-page. The Getty Provenance Index entry... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres, Estampes, et Planches graveés, de la Bibliothèque du Palais de feue S.A.R. le Duc Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine et de Bar...disposé & mis en ordre par Jos. Ermens...La Vente de cette Bibliothèque commencera le 20 Août 1781..
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: CHARLES ALEXANDRE, DUC de LORRAINE)
4 p.l., xviii, 452 pp. 8vo, cont. half-sheep & speckled boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Brussels: J. Ermens, 1781. The extremely rare auction catalogue of the books, prints, and drawings in the collection of Charles Alexandre, Duke of Lorraine (1712-80), and governor of The Netherlands. This was one of the three greatest libraries and art collections sold in Belgium during the late 18th century. The sale contains the largest surviving group of copper plates... Read More
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Catalogue de la précieuse Collection d’Estampes, des Tableaux, Dessins, Marbres et autres Objets curieux, Qui composaient le Cabinet de feu… Par F. L. Regnault Delalande… La Vente de cette Collection se fera le lundi 20 Mars et les cinq jour suivans…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: PALLIÈRE, Etienne)
viii, 104, 7 pp. 8vo (213 x 138 mm.), modern cloth-backed marbled boards, red sheep lettering-piece on spine. Paris: Coutellier & Regnault-Delalande, 1820. An uncommon auction catalogue describing the artist’s vast collection of prints, paintings, and drawings, with the printed price-list bound-in at the end. Pallière (1761-1820), born in Bordeaux, studied under Vincent and exhibited portraits at the Paris Salons from 1798 to 1804. This is an especially large catalogue published by the expert Regnault-Delalande (1762-1824), with 378... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres rares et précieux composant la Bibliothèque de M. E.F.D. Ruggieri
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: RUGGIERI, Eugène-Désiré-François (or Désiré-Eugène-François).)
2 p.l., 280 pp. 8vo, cont. green sheep-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Paris: A. Labitte, 1873. The first and most important private collection ever formed exclusively devoted to festivities; this sale catalogue has remained an indispensable work of reference to the present day. The 1200 lots are arranged under the sixteen different countries in which these festivities took place, except for two amazing special sections: the first catalogues thirty-eight books published between 1515 and 1559, describing... Read More
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Catalogue de la Collection Chinoise, en objets d’arts, d’industrie, de curiosités et d’ornemens, costumes, meubles, ustensiles, etc.; des Sculptures sur pierres dures et tendres, telles que jade, cristal de roche, améthyste, aventurine, agate, pierre de lard et autres; des Bronzes damasquinés en or et argent, des Bijoux, Coffrets et Vases en filigrane d’or et d’argent, des Ivoires, de la Vannerie, des Bambous travaillés, des Laques ou Vernis du Japon, des Porcelaines anciennes, richement garnies en bronze doré, etc., composant le Cabinet de M. F. Sallé, artiste et ancien négociant en Objets d’arts. La Vente s’en fera publiquement…le 11 avril 1826, et jours suivans…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: SALLÉ, F., artist & dealer)
80 pp. 8vo (216 x 135 mm.), early 20th-cent. cloth-backed marbled boards & orig. printed wrappers mounted on stubs, gilt title on spine. Paris: Bonnefons Delavialle, Ch. Paillet; London: Treuttel & Wurtz, Jarman; Amsterdam: Dufour & De la Chaux; Brussels: Danot; Berlin: Logier & Simon Schropp; Vienna: Schabacher, [1826]. A fascinating and rare auction catalogue of an extensive and influential collection of Asian artifacts belonging to a “F. Sallé,” with many contemporary pencil annotations in the margins. We... Read More
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Catalogue raisonné de la rare et précieuse Collection d’Estampes, et de quelques Tableaux, Bronzes, Porcelaines, et Meubles, du Cabinet de feu… Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente se fera dans la Maison de feu M. Logette, rue de Richelieu, no. 95…le Mardi 6 Mai, et jours suivans…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: LOGETTE, [François Etienne])
x, 64 pp., 1 leaf of vacations. 8vo (216 x 142 mm.), late 19th-cent. calf-backed marbled boards, blue morocco lettering-piece on spine. Paris: Guyot & Regnault-Delalande, 1817. An important and rare print auction catalogue, fully priced in a contemporary hand; we locate only one copy in North America. The seller may have been François Etienne Logette, who is recorded as living on rue de Richelieu in previous years. A wealthy merchant, he put together an impressive group of... Read More
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Catalogue de Tableaux, Dessins, Estampes, Recueils, Livres a figures, Livres sur les arts, Médailles en argent et en bronze…qui composaient le Cabinet de feu… Par F. L. Regnault-Delalande. Cette Vente se fera le Lundi 23 Février et jours suivans…
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: GOUNOD, François Louis, painter)
viii, 32 pp. 8vo (212 x 138 mm.), modern aubergine cloth (a little sunned), title on upper cover. Paris: Félix & Regnault-Delalande, 1824. A rare sale catalogue issued by the prolific expert Regnault-Delalande (1762-1824), describing the painter’s extensive collection. This copy is printed on large paper and begins with a valuable biography of the artist. Gounod (1758-1823) was a pupil of Lépicié; his first appearance at the Paris Salon was in 1799. His son Charles became a famous... Read More
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Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de feu M. Fr. J.G. de la Porte du Theil...dont la Vente se fera le mercredi 17 avril 1816, et jours suivans
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: LA PORTE DU THEIL, François Jean Gabriel de)
2 p.l., xix, 334 pp., one leaf of ads. 8vo, cont. green sheep-backed boards, flat spine decorated in gilt & blind. Paris: Crapelet, 1816. The very rare auction catalogue of the library of La Porte du Theil (1742-1815), French Hellenist and conservator of manuscripts at the Royal Library; he played a role in the early attempts to decipher the Rosetta Stone. The collection was particularly rich in rare Italian books along with a fine collection of bibliography (lots... Read More
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