Catalogue De Tableaux Dessins Estampes Livres A Figures Planches Gravees Composant Le Cabinet Et

by Jacques Francois Joseph Swebach

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35 pp. 8vo, brown leather-backed marbled boards. Paris: 1824. Scarce sale catalogue inventorying the collection of Swebach-Desfontaines 1769-1823 , a talented painter and director of the imperial porcelain manufactory in Saint Petersburg for several years; WorldCat records no example in North American institutions. His choice collection, described across 268 lots, was well-regarded at the time. The contents of his studio and apartment were also

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