Lot 838
N. de Pigage, La Galérie Électorale de Dusseldorff. A two-volume set comprising text and illustrations. Düsseldorf 1778.
Estimate
€ 800
Starting Price
€ 600
Lot:
838
Category:
Book studies and writing, arts and decorative arts
Artist:
Nicolas de Pigage
Pigage, Nicolas de: La Galerie Electorale de Dusseldorff ou Catalogue raisonné et figuré de ses tableaux. A two-volume set comprising text and illustrations. Basel: C. de Mechel 1778. 28,5 x 37 cm. With 8 printed title vignettes (6 of which are on half-titles) and 30 copperplate engravings (including 1 map). XIV, 33; 28; 52; 42; 28; 44 pp. Leather, each with two back labels and back decoration.
(Scuffed and bumped. Slightly tanned or with age spots in places.)
Ornamentstichkat. Berlin 3973. Cicognara 3394. Cf. Nagler XII, 451 ff. – Catalogue of the Picture Gallery in Düsseldorf, comprising 365 paintings, compiled by the architect Nicolas de Pigage (1723–1796). He is best known for designing Benrath Palace in Düsseldorf, the palace gardens at Schwetzingen and the Court Library in Mannheim. This volume presents a collection of the major works by Flemish and Dutch painters, which are listed in a ten-page index at the end of the text volume.
(Scuffed and bumped. Slightly tanned or with age spots in places.)
Ornamentstichkat. Berlin 3973. Cicognara 3394. Cf. Nagler XII, 451 ff. – Catalogue of the Picture Gallery in Düsseldorf, comprising 365 paintings, compiled by the architect Nicolas de Pigage (1723–1796). He is best known for designing Benrath Palace in Düsseldorf, the palace gardens at Schwetzingen and the Court Library in Mannheim. This volume presents a collection of the major works by Flemish and Dutch painters, which are listed in a ten-page index at the end of the text volume.