[WATELET, Claude-Henri]. PAILLET, Alexandre-Joseph - Lot 111

[WATELET, Claude-Henri]. PAILLET, Alexandre-Joseph Catalog of Paintings, Drawings mounted & in sheets, Pastels, Enamel by the famous Petitot; Bustes, Figures & Marble Girdles... Le tout provenant du Cabinet de feu M. Watelet... le lundi 12 juin 1786 Paris, A. J. Paillet, 1786 SALE CATALOG OF THE COLLECTION OF PAINTER AND ART CRITIC CLAUDE-HENRI WATELET. BARON PICHON'S ORIGINAL EDITION In-8 (195 x 127 mm). Wood-engraved headband COLLATION AND ILLUSTRATION: a4 A-D8; 1 intaglio frontispiece after Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre ANNOTATION: handwritten note on one endpaper with the name "Pérignon" inscribed in pen opposite three lots sold. BINDING. Red percaline, bradel spine, top cover preserved. PROVENANCE: baron Jérôme Pichon (Paris, III, March 7-24, 1898, no. 2425) -- Paris, February 26, 2014, no. 266 Mottling on upper boards Claude-Henri Watelet (1718-1786) was appointed Receiver General of Finances by his father. This enabled him to devote himself fully to the arts. He contributed most of the Encyclopédie's articles on drawing, painting and sculpture. His catalog includes works by such renowned artists as Poussin, Boucher, Rubens and Rembrandt, among many others.