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

64 c   (AUCTION CATALOGUE / PAINTING / JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID.) Catalogue des Tableaux de Galerie et de Chevalet, Dessins , Études, Livres de Croquis . . . de M. Louis David. [2], 4, 24 pages. Thin 8vo, original printed brown wrappers, scattered edgewear with loss of corners and tips; contents slightly toned. Paris: David fils [et al.], and Brussels: Michel Stapleaux, 1826   [1,200/1,800] rare catalogue of david ’ s oeuvre . In addition to being a celebrated public auction of 139 works, the exhibition, organized by the art dealer Alexis-Nicolas Perignon, served as a retrospective of the preeminent painter of the French Revolution. Having fallen out of favor when the Bourbons were restored in 1815, Jacques-Louis David exiled himself to Brussels and died there in December of 1825. The preface states that his heirs had refused several private offers for the collection as they wished to make the paintings accessible to all buyers. The sale took place at the Salle du Gros-Chenet in Paris, April 17, 1826. 65 c   (ARCHITECTURE.) Fréart, Roland, Sieur de Chambray. Parallèle de l’Architecture Antique et de la Moderne. Engraved frontispiece, title vignette, 31 vignettes, several engraved initials, 44 full-page and 10 double-sheet copper plates. 425x267 mm; 16 3 / 4 x10 1 / 2 inches. Folio, 18th-century calf over contemporary marbled boards; scattered mild foxing and worming; frontispiece browned and gently creased. Fowler 129; Kruft 129. Paris, Pierre Emery, 1702   [300/400] 64 65