Catalogue des Livres du Cabinet de feu M. Randon de Boisset, Receveur Général des Finances: dont la vente se fera…le Lundi 3 Fevrier 1777, & jours suivants…

1 p.l., iv, 6, 188, 28 pp. Small 8vo, cont. calf (joints & corners neatly repaired), spine gilt, contrasting morocco lettering piece on spine, stamp in gilt at foot of spine “Brunck” (see below). Paris: De Bure, fils ainé, 1777.

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(—). Catalogue des Tableaux & Desseins précieux des Maîtres célebres des trois Ecoles, Figures de marbres, de bronze & de terre cuite, Estampes en feuilles… Par Pierre Remy. On a joint à ce Catalogue celui des Vases, Colonnes de marbres, Porcelaines, des Laques, des Meubles de Boule & d’autres effets précieux, par C.F. Julliot. La Vente se fera le Jeudi 27 Février 1777… xii, 149 pp., 1 blank leaf; 158 pp. Two parts in one vol. Small 8vo. Paris: Musier et al., 1777.

The three posthumous sale catalogues of Pierre Louis Paul Randon de Boisset (1708-76), a high financial official of the French government.

I. The scarce auction catalogue of the library, comprising 1450 lots, is priced throughout in a contemporary hand. We learn from the “Avertissement” that the collection is particularly rich in Italian books in fine condition; many are on large paper or in fine bindings by Padeloup and Derome père & fils. There are also some excellent early manuscripts.

II. The rare auction catalogues of one of the most celebrated collections of the 18th century. The catalogues, which together contain 904 lots, is priced throughout in a contemporary hand. Randon de Boisset’s collection consisted of paintings, prints, porcelains, bronzes, and furniture of the highest quality. This copy lacks, as is often the case, the 21-page supplement which lists 17 further lots and a schedule of the sale.

Minor browning, but fine copies. This copy was bound in France for Richard Franz Philipp Brunck (1729-1803), the philanthropist and critic, who owned a large and richly bound library (see A.D.B.). From the collection of Jules Coüet, librarian of the Comédie-Française (sale 7-8 November, 1938), with his photographic “Ex-libris du cabinet d’un vieux bibliophile” and bookplate of A.L. McLaughlin (purchased from E.P. Goldschmidt).

❧ I. Peignot, p. 120–“Bibliothèque peu nombreuse, mais d’une grande beauté.” II. Cicognara 4467. Lugt 2652.

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