12mo. xx, 316, 80pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf-backed powder blue paper boards. Rubbed and marked, manuscript shelf-marks to upper board. Occasional modern ink-stamps of Jean-Pierre Cornet, scattered spotting.

The sole edition of the sale catalogue for the extensive art collection of French textile manufacturer and amateur engraver Jean de Jullienne (1686-1766).

The catalogue, comprised of a total of 1679 lots, describes Jullienne’s vast collection of Dutch, French, and Italian art, along with numerous antiquities (detailed in the latter separately paginated section). Jullienne’s collection included paintings by celebrated Dutch painters such as Van Dyck, Teniers, and Rubens. French painter and draftsman Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684- 1721) - whom Jullienne patronised - was also well represented. The sale netted a total of 391,676 livres.

A dealer and auctioneer in works of art, Pierre Rémy established his business in 1737. In 1750, he took the place of Parisian merchant Edme-François Gersaint (1694-1750) as the leading compiler of catalogues of notable collections, included those of art connoisseurs Augustin Blondel de Gagny (1695-1776) and Pierre Louis Paul Randon de Boisset (1708-1776).