ANONYME
Catalogue de tableaux et dessins originaux des plus grands maîtres des différentes écoles ; morceaux à gouasse, terres cuites, pierres gravées & pâtes de composition, &c. qui composaient le Cabinet de feu Charles Natoire, ancien professeur et directeur de l'Académie de France à Rome.
chez P. A. Paillet • Chez Chariot|à Paris Lundi 14 décembre 1778|13 x 20 cm|relié
First edition.
Later Bradel binding in half black morocco, smooth spine with gilt title lettered along the length, marbled paper boards, red top edge.
Some rubbing to headcaps and spine.
Numerous contemporary manuscript annotations in margins (results and sometimes names of highest bidders).
Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777) was a French painter who, after winning the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1721, became a pensioner at the French Academy in Rome, of which he became director from 1751 to 1775.
Bookplate of Henry Pannier's library pasted on front pastedown: a small basket framed by the initials "ENRY" and the motto "Shows them but does not lend them." Henry Pannier (1853-1935) was a merchant-publisher of porcelain, crystal and furniture; he ran the Escalier de Cristal with his brother Georges from 1885 to 1923.
Later Bradel binding in half black morocco, smooth spine with gilt title lettered along the length, marbled paper boards, red top edge.
Some rubbing to headcaps and spine.
Numerous contemporary manuscript annotations in margins (results and sometimes names of highest bidders).
Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700-1777) was a French painter who, after winning the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1721, became a pensioner at the French Academy in Rome, of which he became director from 1751 to 1775.
Bookplate of Henry Pannier's library pasted on front pastedown: a small basket framed by the initials "ENRY" and the motto "Shows them but does not lend them." Henry Pannier (1853-1935) was a merchant-publisher of porcelain, crystal and furniture; he ran the Escalier de Cristal with his brother Georges from 1885 to 1923.
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