Catalogue de Tableaux, Gouasses, Dessins, Estampes, Bronzes, Pierres gravées, et autres objets de curiosités, provenans du Cabinet de M. le Marquis de *** (22 February 1776 and following days)
Woodcut vignette to title and decorative headpiece to recto of leaf Aiii. 40 pp. 8vo, 19th-cent. brown morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, marbled endpapers. Paris: 1776.
Rare 18th-century sale catalogue, priced throughout by a contemporary annotator; we locate just one example in North American institutions. The consigner was anonymous, however a contemporaneous annotation attributes the present collection to Arcambal (1728-1790), a military officer and occasional pictures dealer, his name is sometimes given as François Joseph.
A near fine copy; title-page a trifle soiled. Bookplate of the Georges Pannier to front paste-down and stamp of the Bibliothèque Heim to verso of title.
❧ Lugt 2492.
Rare 18th-century sale catalogue, priced throughout by a contemporary annotator; we locate just one example in North American institutions. The consigner was anonymous, however a contemporaneous annotation attributes the present collection to Arcambal (1728-1790), a military officer and occasional pictures dealer, his name is sometimes given as François Joseph.
A near fine copy; title-page a trifle soiled. Bookplate of the Georges Pannier to front paste-down and stamp of the Bibliothèque Heim to verso of title.
❧ Lugt 2492.
Details
Title
Catalogue de Tableaux, Gouasses, Dessins, Estampes, Bronzes, Pierres gravées, et autres objets de curiosités, provenans du Cabinet de M. le Marquis de *** (22 February 1776 and following days)
Author
(AUCTION CATALOGUE: [D’ARCAMBAL, Antoine Joseph des Lacs, marquis de])
Condition
Unknown