[MÉNARS, Abel-François, marquis de Marigny et de]. JOULLAIN, - Lot 103

[MÉNARS, Abel-François, marquis de Marigny et de]. JOULLAIN, François-Charles, et Pierre-François BASAN Catalog des différens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts; qui composoient le cabinet de feu M. le Marquis de Menars, [...] By F. Basan & F. Ch. Joullain. Dont la vente s'en fera vers la fin de février 1782, en son Hôtel, Place des Victoires Paris, Basan, Joullain, Prault, 1781 CATALOGUE DE LA VENTE MÉNARS AVEC LES FAMEUSES EAUX-FORTES DE LA MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (208 x 130 mm) COLLATION: a6 A-G8 I6, i.e. XI pp. 140 pp. ILLUSTRATION: 1 frontispiece engraved by Benoît-Louis Prévost after Charles-Nicolas Cochin; 2 hors texte etchings engraved by the Marquise de Pompadour herself, sister of the Marquis de Ménars ANNOTATION: auction price and names of purchasers inscribed in brown ink by a contemporary hand and a second, in pencil, from the 20th century. BINDING SIGNED BY DUPRÉ. Blue half-maroquin with corners, gilded fillets, ornate spine. PROVENANCE: Frédéric Reiset (1815-1890; wetstamp of his figure on the title; his sale, April 15, 1876, no. 968) -- Rapilly, bookseller and print dealer at no. 5, quai Malaquais, where it was bought on April 26, 1879 by Paul Leroy (Léon Gaucher), former director of the magazine L'Art, (Paris, December 13, 1907, no. 54) Fragile hinge, restoration to last two leaves with pencilled text.