COUCHÉ (Jacques). Gallery of the Royal Palace engraved according to the paintings of the different schools that compose it: With a summary of the Life of the Painters & a historical description of each painting by Mr. l'abbé de Fontenai. Paris : J. Couché, J. Bouilliard, 1786. - 2 volumes in-folio, red half-maroquin with corners, spine gilt, untrimmed (A. Bertrand). Superb collection of engravings interpreted in intaglio mainly by Jacques Couché, reproducing the collection of paintings of the greatest Italian, Flemish and French masters, constituted by the Regent. It is one of the rare testimonies of this rich private collection, dispersed during the Revolution. The work was published in 59 issues. The complete copies are extremely rare. This one contains the engraved title of the first volume, the dedication to the Duke of Orleans, engraved after Choffard, and 192 plates out of the 355 published, all mounted on tabs. It was bound by Adolphe Bertrand in the second half of the 19th century. Spiders on the bindings, corners dulled, traces of wetness on the binding of the second volume. Freckles, browned leaf edges. Light spotting in the second volume, rarely reaching the engravings.