Catalogue des tableaux, dessins, marbres, bronzes, terres cuites, pierres gravées, meubles précieux, ... objets d'histoire naturelle, &c. &c. du cabinet de M. *** : dont la vente se fera à l'hôtel de Louvois, rue de Richelieu, vis-à-vis celle de Colbert, le lundi 10 février 1783, & jours suivans ...

Paillet, A. J. (Alexandre Joseph), Prault, Louis-François, 1734-1806, Julliot, P. F. (Philippe François), Dufresne, huissier-priseur, Clément de Ris, L. (Louis), comte, 1820-1882, former owner. CMalG · 1783 · Il se distribuera à Paris : Audit hôtel de Louvois ... : De l'imprimerie de Prault, imprimeur du Roi, quai des Augustins · 3 pictures

A Paris auction catalogue of 1783, compiled by the experts Paillet and Julliot for the sale of Blondel d'Azaincourt's cabinet of paintings, sculpture, engraved gems, furniture and natural history, and printed by Prault for bidders and dealers. The plates here are letterpress woodcut ornaments \u2014 a flower-and-leaf headband, a basket bouquet with palm fronds, a rococo scroll band framing a sunburst \u2014 plus a dark marbled endpaper, useful as rules, dividers and background texture.

Blondel d'Azaincourt, Barthélémy-Augustin, 1719-1794 · Art, European · Natural history · Decorative arts · Art · [Blondel d'Azincourt, fils de M. Blondel de Gagny]

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