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‖ catalogue raisonné|katalɔg rɛzɔne|
Also erron. raisonnée
[Fr., = carefully studied or methodical catalogue.]
A descriptive catalogue arranged according to subjects, or branches of subjects; hence gen. or loosely, a classified or methodical list.
1784H. Walpole Descr. Strawberry-Hill p. i, Catalogues raisonnés of collections are very frequent in France and Holland. 1792C. Smith Desmond III. 169 He had glided away on a descriptive tour to his own seat near Bath; and was giving a catalogue raisonnée of its conveniences. 1803Edin. Rev. Oct. 79 A catalogue raisonnée, if executed with judgment and impartiality, would be a very useful appendage to every work. 1818Hazlitt Eng. Poets viii. 324 There is no Gay in the present time to give a Catalogue Raisonné of the performances of the living undertaker of epics. 1835Penny Cycle. IV. 380/2 The best specimen of a Catalogue Raisonné that we know of any of the more considerable collections of this country, is that of the library of the writers to the Signet in Edinburgh, published in one volume quarto in 1805. 1903F. L. Gardner (title) A Catalogue raisonné of works on the occult sciences. 1948Ann. Reg. 1947 227 An expenditure of {pstlg}37,528 million. It was a huge figure, but the catalogue raisonné of its component items challenged its critics at their weakest point. 1960Guardian 16 June 8/5 The erudition embodied in the catalogue raisonné is quite exceptional. |