Catalogue raisonné, des Bijoux, Porcelaines, Bronzes, Lacqs, Lustres de cristal de roche et de Porcelaine, Pendules de goût, & autres Meubles curieux ou composés; Tableaux, Desseins, Estampes, Coquilles, & autres Effets de curiosité, provenans de la succession de…Cette Vente se fera, seulement pour la partie des Bijoux, dans les premiers jours du mois de Decembre 1747. Les autres Effets curieux ne seront vendus que le premier Lundi de Carême 4 Mars 1748, & jours suivans. Par E. F. Gersaint
by (AUCTION CATALOGUE: ANGRAN, Louis Auguste, Vicomte de Fonspertuis)
Finely engraved frontis. (mounted on a stub at an early date). xvi, ix-xii, 306, lv pp. Small 8vo (165 x 100 mm.), cont. mottled sheep, green morocco lettering-pieces on spine, spine gilt. Paris: P. Prault & J. Barrois, 1747.
The uncommon catalogue of one of Gersaint’s great auctions, with his customary erudite descriptions. The Vicomte de Fonspertuis (1669-1747), “despite a Jansenist education, entered whole-heartedly into the life of the royal court and won the favour of Philippe II, Duc d’Orléans. He developed his love of art through his (truncated)
The uncommon catalogue of one of Gersaint’s great auctions, with his customary erudite descriptions. The Vicomte de Fonspertuis (1669-1747), “despite a Jansenist education, entered whole-heartedly into the life of the royal court and won the favour of Philippe II, Duc d’Orléans. He developed his love of art through his (truncated)