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LA HAYE, de (1684-1753) -- Gabriel MARTIN (1679-1761). Catalogue des livres et estampes de feu M. de La Haye, Fermier General. Par G. Martin. Paris: Martin, 1 July 1754.
8o (194 x 118 mm). Contemporary polished marbled calf gilt (a little worn). Provenance: Lyons, Jesuit College (stamp on title); A.L. McLaughlin (bookplate).
PRICED in a contemporary hand. Sale catalogue of the library of a Fermier Général; according to the preface by Martin, La Haye (his Christian name is not recorded) was a son of one of the Secrétaires du Roi; he became a Fermier Général in 1718 and served in this capacity until his death in 1753 at the age of sixty-nine. This is one of the twenty-two catalogues by Martin with an index. Lugt, No. 854, records the sale of La Haye's paintings and sculpture, also in 1754. Blogie, II col. 7; Lugt, No. 855; North 115.
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PRICED in a contemporary hand. Sale catalogue of the library of a Fermier Général; according to the preface by Martin, La Haye (his Christian name is not recorded) was a son of one of the Secrétaires du Roi; he became a Fermier Général in 1718 and served in this capacity until his death in 1753 at the age of sixty-nine. This is one of the twenty-two catalogues by Martin with an index. Lugt, No. 854, records the sale of La Haye's paintings and sculpture, also in 1754. Blogie, II col. 7; Lugt, No. 855; North 115.