Paris, Typ. Pillet fils aîné, 5, rue des Grands-Augustins, s.d. [1873], in-4 (27.3 x 18.5 cm - 10.8 x 7.3 inches), vi - 64 pp., contemporary half beige chagrin(slightly rubbed), spine raised on 5 bands underlined by stamped fillets, 5 compartments with stamped fleurons, 1 compartment gilt lettered, blind stamped fillets along the leather of the corners and the spine, upper edges gilded and the other uncut.
First edition of this sale catalogue of paintings belonged to a rich French tailor of Neuilly near Paris. The majority of the collection is composed by artits landscapes of Barbizon School. The catalogue of this sale contents in particular 4 tables of Corot, 6 of Delacroix, 12 of Jules Dupre, 13 of Rousseau, and 6 of Troyon, works of Diaz, Géricault, Meissonier and Ziem. The catalogue is prefaced by W. Bürger and by Armand Silvestre. It is enriched by 44 beautiful and fine etchings on nice chained paper (one on "chine" applied) engraved by A. Brunet-Debaines, CH. Courty, Feyen Perrin, Leop. Flameng, F. Flameng, J.C. Lemaire, G. Greux, H. Lefort, AD. Lalauze, Boilvin, Muzelle, P. the Rat, Bracquemont, Martinez, Maxime Lalanne, L. Gaucheret. Some. Foxing on the free-endpaper otherwise very fine copy.