A catalogue of a most capital and valuable collection of Italian, Venetian, Spanish, French, German, Flemish, Dutch and English pictures
Subtitle: which were purchased for His Majesty the late King of Poland : and amongst which are the undoubted works of the following truly eminent masters ... : which will be sold by auction by Mess. Skinner and Dyke, on Tuesday the 16th and March, 1802, and two following days, at twelve o'clock, at the great room, no. 3 Berner's Street, the third door on the right from Oxford Street
Contributors: Desenfans, Noel Joseph, 1745-1807
Published: 1802
Language: eng
Number of pages: 26
Subjects: Art collections; Catalogs
Other titles: Catalogue of a collection of pictures
Notes: "The sale was ostensibly devoted to the paintings purchased for the recently deceased King of Poland, Stanislaus Augustus, by the London dealer Noel Joseph Desenfans. ... [T]he king was deposed in 1795 and subsequently died in Russia in 1798, forcing Desenfans to put the paintings up for sale in order to recoup his expenses.''--Getty Provenance Index Databases. Description of sale catalog BR-86, viewed December 12, 2016.

Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 6380

Place of sale: London.

Date of sale: March 16-18, 1802.

Library's copy 1 is annotated: prices, names, and some notes.

Library's copy 2 is annotated in brown ink with prices, including subtotals for each page and tallies at end; later notes in pencil. Lacks the half-title leaf known in other copies. Copy 2 is bound with: Catalogue of the genuine, capital, and valuable collection of pictures, by the most esteemed masters of the Italian, French, Flemish, and Dutch schools ... / by Mr. Christie. [London] : Mr. Christie, [1796] (85-P5657).

Library's copy 3 is annotated in brown ink with prices; on half-title: "Desenfans" in brown ink and red wax seal "S&D" (Skinner & Dyke). Copy 3 is the thirty-first item bound in a volume of 33 auction and sale catalogs with call no.: 1792 LoEd c.3 Bound-With (2676-620).