[GERSAINT, Edme-François] - Lot 58

[GERSAINT, Edme-François] Tableaux, estampes et desseins qui se trouvent dans le fond de feu Mr. Gersaint Paris, Prault, 1750 THE END OF ONE OF THE GREATEST MERCHANTS OF THE 18th CENTURY. ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (190 x 121 mm) COLLATION: 151 pp. 19th CENTURY BINDING. Blonde calf, double gilt fillet, gilt edges. PROVENANCE: comte Louis de la Forest d'Armaillé (ex-libris) -- marquis de Luppé (1866-1934; ex-libris) The great merchant Edme-François Gersaint, born in 1696, died in 1750. The sale that followed his death took the form of a Catalogue des livres, tableaux, estampes et desseins de feu M. Gersaint (Paris, Barrois, May 25, 1750), to which was added this volume devoted specifically to paintings.