Catalogue d'une riche collection de tableaux des maîtres les plus célèbres des trois Ecoles; dessins [...], bronzes, marbres, terre cuite [...] qui composent le cabinet de feu son Altesse [...] le Prince de Conti [...]. Cette vente se fera le mardi 8 avril 1777 [...] au Palais du Temple.

8vo: [4]-ii, viii-417 pp. (ms. additions on p. 414).

Contemp. polished calf (some sm. def.), richly gilt flat spine, gilt sides, red sp. edges. Nice copy.

Splendid collection (2117 lots) with paintings by i.a. Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Dürer, Holbein, Rubens, etc. Its former owner was the French general and friend of Rousseau, Louis François de Bourbon, prince de Conti (1717-1776). Ill. with an engr. front. by P. Martini after Moreau. Copy with all prices.
Ref. Lugt 2671. - Not in Conlon, Siècle des Lumières, Vandenhole.