Catalogue de Tableaux… 2-4 May 1776

by Alexandre Joseph Paillet, expert

$750 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

20 pp. 8vo, 19th-century leather-backed marbled boards spine rubbed , spine gilt. Paris: Gueffier, 1776. Very rare auction catalogue, a handful of prices have been recorded by a contemporary annotator; the Getty Provenance Index records just two examples in the world. The renowned dealer Alexandre Joseph Paillet 1743-1814 served as expert. A fine copy, with the curious addition of cut-outs pasted to the first blank leaf. Bookplate of Henry Pannier

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