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Lot 429

PIGAGE (NICOLAS DE)
La gallerie électorale de Dusseldorff ou catalogue raisonné et figuré de ses tableaux... ouvrage composé dans un goût nouveau, 2 parts in one vol.

22 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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PIGAGE (NICOLAS DE)

La gallerie électorale de Dusseldorff ou catalogue raisonné et figuré de ses tableaux... ouvrage composé dans un goût nouveau, 2 parts in one vol., first edition, engraved vignette on titles and "Table alphabetique", 30 engraved plates by Nicolas Guibal, G.J. Karsch and others, 6 engraved allegorical vignettes, several blindstamps (including margin of title and 4 plates), contemporary calf gilt, lettered on upper cover "Donum auctoris et amici Chret. De Mechel", covers and lower section of spine detached, rubbed oblong 4to (293 x 480mm.), Basel, Chrétien de Mechel & chez Mrs. les Inspecteurs des Galeries Électorales à Dusseldorf & Mannheim, 1778

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First edition, in a presentation binding gilt-lettered "Donum auctoris et amici Chret. De Mechel", of the catalogue raisonné of art at the Dusseldorf Gallery. The plates show the pictures as they were hung on the gallery walls.

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