Rembrandt.- Annotated.- Gersaint (Edmé-François) Catalogue raisonné de toute les pieces qui forment l'Oeuvre de Rembrandt, 2 parts in 1, including supplement by Yver, first edition, etched portrait frontispiece of the artist by J.B.G., titles with small woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, approbation f. at end of first part, errata f. at end of part 2, the first part extensively annotated by a knowledgeable hand (including 4pp. of notes bound in at p.186), occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary English calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine ends and corners worn, upper joint starting, but holding firm, upper cover water-stained, rubbed and marked, 8vo, Paris, Hochereau, 1751-1756. *** Provenance: George Fairholme (1789-1846), banker, traveller, naturalist and scriptural geologist (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown). It is highly feasible that the knowledgeable annotations were by his father William, who was a noted art collector.