Rare Gathering: Catalogue Of Sales Of Mid-18th Century Works Of Art, Drawings, Paintings, Engravings

Dating from the reign of Louis XV and in a large 12mo volume, a collection of six sales from 1752 to 1754 originating from the Château de Gingins, Switzerland. Catalogues of a Cabinet of Various Curiosities belonging to Mr. Cottin, Containing a Selected Collection of Prints, Drawings, Paintings & a Unique Series of Small Portraits of Illustrious Persons, who have lived for nearly three centuries, and several of which are painted in enamel by the celebrated Petitot. "The sale will be conducted in detail, to the highest and last bidder, on Monday, November 27, 1752; and on subsequent days, without interruption at two o'clock in the afternoon, in one of the Halls of the Grands Augustins. By Messrs. Helle & Glomy. In Paris at the Widow Delormel & Sons, Printers and Booksellers to the Royal Academy of Music, rue du Oin in Sainte Geneviève, 1752. Following: Catalogue of Drawings, Prints & Paintings by Mr. Cottin, year 1752, contemporary manuscript with annotations of results!! Following: Catalogue of the Best Masters of Italy, Flanders, France, and all the Famous Schools. The Sale of which will take place on February 28, 1752, on the Quai de l'École, in a carriage house." Next to Rue des Poulies. By R. Hecquet, Engraver. From the Cabinet of Mr. de Chaberay. In Paris, at Duchesne's.