[MUSÉE DU LOUVRE] - Lot 121

[MUSÉE DU LOUVRE] Notices des statues, bustes et bas-reliefs, de la galerie des antiques du musée central des arts, ouverte pour la première fois le 18 Brumaine an 9 Paris, Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts, [1800] PRECIOUS EXAMPLE BY PAULINE BORGHESE, NAPOLÉON'S SISTER, OF THE CATALOGUE PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE GALERIE DES ANTIQUES DU LOUVRE ORIGINAL EDITION In-12 (168 x 100 mm) COLLATION: 2 ff. 107 pp. CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Red morocco, framed with gilded decoration, framed with straight and curved fillets with stylized flowers at the corners with the words: "A S.A.S. Pauline Borghese" enclosed in a dotted rhombus, ornate smooth spine, gilded edges, blue moire lining and endpapers. PROVENANCE: Paris, October 24, 2012, no. 90 Slight rubbing to covers and hinges. Pauline Bonaparte (1780-1825) married Prince Camille Borghese for the second time on November 6, 1803. The opening of the Galerie des Antiques followed the arrival of masterpieces such as the Venus de Medici, the Laocoon and the Apollo du Belvedere. It was Jean-Arnaud Raymond (1742-188) who transformed the former apartments of Anne of Austria for this purpose. WEBOGRAPHY : https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/collection/item/11180-notice-des-statues-bustes-et-bas-reliefs-de-la-galerie-des-antiques-du-musee-central-des-arts