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Lot 29 · Livres et manuscrits

collection de 120 estampes gravées d'après les tableaux et dessins qui composaient le cabinet de m. poullain.paris, basan et poignant, 1781.

Pierre-francois Basan

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Estimate
€1,500–€2,000 hammer ≈ $2,134–$2,845
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Livres et manuscrits, Paris · 18 May 2011
Dimensions
In-4 (300 x 220 mm). Exemplaire du second tirage avec, au titre, la mention « dédié à M. le Comte d'Orsay »
Record ID
TB-2026-4010768
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Pierre-francois Basan, collection de 120 estampes gravées d'après les tableaux et dessins qui composaient le cabinet de m. poullain.paris, basan et poignant, 1781. Sotheby's, 18 May 2011, lot 29. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4010768.

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Pierre-francois Basan, collection de 120 estampes gravées d'après les tableaux et dessins qui composaient le cabinet de m. poullain.paris, basan et poignant, 1781. Sotheby's, 18 May 2011, lot 29. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4010768.

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From the same sale Livres et manuscrits · May 2011

LotArtistEstimateResult
Bible. Paris, Tériade, 1956 Marc Chagall €25,000–€35,000
don juan. canto i - xvi.london, thomas davison, john hunt, john and h… Byron, George Gordon, Lord. 1788-1824. €2,000–€3,000
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fort comme la mort.paris, paul ollendorff, 1889. Maupassant, Guy De 1850-1893 €2,000–€3,000
lettre signée à rené ii, duc de lorraine et de bar, en français.anver… Maximilien I €3,000–€4,000

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