Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

62 c   (AUCTION CATALOGUE.) Gersaint, Edmé. Catalogue Raisonné des diverses Curiosités du Cabinet de feu M. Quentin de Lorangère. Etched frontispiece by Cochin the Younger. xviii, [4], 294, 96 pages, with 2 preliminary leaves transposed. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, joints and cover edges rubbed, hinges reinforced with cloth tape; minor foxing on frontispiece and title, contents otherwise generally clean. Paris: Jacques Barois, 1744   [500/750] 497 lots of paintings by Flemish masters, prints and drawings by masters of various schools, miscellaneous decorative prints, etc., followed by 97 lots of shells, and an annotated index of artists. ART HISTORY & DECORATIVE ARTS LOTS 62-84 63 c   (AUCTION CATALOGUE.) Paillet, Alexandre-Joseph. Catalogue de Tableaux, Dessins, Estampes, Bronzes, Terres Cuites et autres Objets de Curiosité ; dont la vente se fera le Lundi 15 Décembre 1777 à l’hôtel d’Aligre ...sous la direction de A. Paillet. Title-page decoration and one vignette. Catalogue entries for 366 works (painting, sculpture, drawings, prints, and porcelain) from an important Netherlandish School collection. 120 pages. 8vo, contem­ porary mottled calf, edgeworn; all edges stained orange. scarce work promoting then- current, but less-known Dutch and Flemish painters by the most prominent Parisian art dealer of the period. Lugt, Répertoire des Catalogues de Ventes Publiques 2754. Paris: Paillet, [1777]   [400/600] 62 63