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164 - (MAZARIN). INVENTORY OF ALL THE FURNITURE BELONGING TO CARDI…
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(MAZARIN). INVENTORY OF ALL THE FURNITURE BELONGING TO CARDINAL MAZARIN, drawn up in 1653, and published from the original held in the Condé archives. London, Whittingham and Wilkins, 1861. 8vo, publisher’s percaline, embossed on the covers, uncut, untrimmed. [2 ff.], 404 pp. FIRST EDITION. During the Fronde and Mazarin’s temporary exile, the riches of the Cardinal-Minister amassed at the Palais Mazarin were sold on the orders of the Parliament of Paris. After they had been reassembled, an inventory commissioned by Louis XIV was drawn up by Colbert, who took four months to complete it. Mazarin was a passionate and discerning collector. He amassed vast collections of all kinds: precious furniture, fabrics, tapestries, statues and paintings. Many of these acquisitions were made in Rome: he subsequently never ceased to bring Italian artists to Paris, and his influence on the decorative arts of his time was such that people still speak of a ‘Mazarin style’ to describe certain pieces of furniture. Always on the lookout for exceptional pieces, he enriched his collections with numerous masterpieces from those of Richelieu or Charles I of England (sold in London in 1650). Many of these treasures are now held in public collections (the Louvre) or private collections (the Earls of Pembroke at Wilton House). Enclosed: (Pompadour). Catalogue of the books in the library of the late Madame the Marquise de Pompadour, Lady-in-Waiting to the Queen. Paris, Herissant, 1765 (Malzieu reprint, 1984). In-12, publisher’s blue cloth. [5 ff.], xvj, 404 pp., lxxij pp.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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Auction time 10/05/2026 at 2:00 PM
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