Catalogue Des Tableaux Dessins Gouaches Estampes Marbres Bronzes Vases Precieux Pendules

by Auguste Gabriel Godefroy

$750 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

viii, 53 pp. 8vo, late 19th-cent. brown morocco-backed marbled boards. Paris: 1813. An annotated copy of this scarce auction catalogue, with contemporary ms. recording all prices in the margins. The introduction, by dealer Hypolite Delaroche a. 1795-1821 , traces the Godefroy family’s history of collecting and mentions a number of highlights from the collection. 222 pieces from the cabinet of Godefroy 1728-1813 are listed herein. A

• Binding: Leather

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