[TALLARD, Marie-Joseph, duc de]. RÉMY, Pierre, & Jean-Baptis - Lot 67

[TALLARD, Marie-Joseph, duc de]. RÉMY, Pierre, & Jean-Baptiste GLOMY Catalog raisonné des tableaux, sculptures, tant de marbre que de bronze, desseins et estampes des plus grands maîtres, porcelaines anciennes, meubles précieux, bijoux et autres effets qui composent le Cabinet de feu Monsieur le Duc de Tallard Paris, Didot, 1756 CATALOGUE OF THE SALE OF THE COLLECTIONS OF THE DUKE OF TALLARD: "ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF PARISIAN CURIOSITY IN THE 18th CENTURY" (PATRICK MICHEL) ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (167 x 94 mm) COLLATION AND ILLUSTRATION: 2 ff. n. ch., X pp., 273 pp., 3 pp. bl. ; frontispiece drawn by Baudouin engraved by Huquier fils, 1 engraved plate off-text depicting a column and its vase (p. 236) CONTEMPORARY SPANISH BINDING. Fawn calf, stamped decoration, long gilt spine, red edges. PROVENANCE: José Gallart Folch (1895-1979; bookplate) Slight tear without text loss in second quire, hinges reinforced. The sale of the Duc de Tallard's collections was one of the most important of the 18th century. The catalog includes a large section of "dessins en feuilles" and prints. Its editor, Pierre Rémy, was Gersaint's successor. He has enlisted the services of Jean-Baptiste Glomy, both of whom write a remarkable foreword. The title page bears the words "Catalogue raisonné": the list of works is accompanied by biographical details on their creator, which had previously been left to the end of the volume. BIBLIOGRAPHY : Patrick Michel, Le Commerce du tableau à Paris dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 2007, p. 232 -- Lugt, 1921, p. 190: "Vente retentissante" [Resounding sale].