Engraved frontis. (faint dampstaining to top of image). xvi, 162, 16 pp. of sale schedule. 8vo, 19th-cent. sheep (short cracks to head & foot of upper joints), but sturdy), spine gilt, red leather lettering-piece on spine. Paris: Langlier, Lebrun & Julliot fils; London: Greenwood; Amsterdam: P. Fouquet junior; Brussels: de Roy: 1780.

A scarce and important sale catalogue, not just for the contents described, but for the expert Jean Baptiste Pierre Lebrun’s essay “Réflexions sur la Peinture et la Sculpture” — its only appearance in print — which functions as the catalogue introduction. Our copy is priced throughout in a.... More