[LA LIVE DE JULLY]. RÉMY, Pierre - Lot 83

[LA LIVE DE JULLY]. RÉMY, Pierre Catalog raisonné des tableaux des différentes écoles, des Figures, Groupes & Bas reliefs de Terre cuite ; des Desseins & Estampes ; des Meubles précieux, par Boule & Philippe Caffieri ; des Coquilles Univalves & Bivalves, choisies ; & d'autres objets... Paris, Sale, 1769 THE SALE OF ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COLLECTIONS OF THE FRENCH 18th CENTURY ORIGINAL EDITION In-12 (175 x 95mm). Engraved finial printed on title page. ANNOTATIONS: prices mentioned in the margins with some buyer's names: "Moy", "La Live de La Briche". BINDING circa 1900. Comb paper boards, bradel spine Ange-Laurent de La Live de Jully (1725-1779) was one of the greatest connoisseurs of the 18th century. He was the brother of the Comtesse d'Houdetot, Saint-Lambert's mistress and Rousseau's famous correspondent. La Live de Jully himself corresponded with the author of Emile. Through his second marriage in 1762, he also became the brother-in-law of Jean-Joseph de Laborde, court banker and owner of Château de Méréville. La Live was also one of Greuze's main patrons; his portrait, painted by Greuze, is in the Kress Collection at the National Gallery in Washington. BIBLIOGRAPHY : C. Bailey, Collecting modern art in Pre-Revolutionary Paris, Yale, 2002, pp. 60-70