Catalogue Des Livres Imprimes Et Manuscrits De La Bibliotheque De Feu Monseigneur Le Prince De

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xvi, 643, 1 , 90 pp. Thick 8vo, attractive antique half-calf & marbled boards title a little dusty , spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine, uncut. Paris: Leclerc, 1788. This vast library of 8302 lots containing about 20,000 books comprised the components of no less than three other celebrated collections: those of Jean Grolier, de Thou, and the Président Charron de Ménars. De Thou’s library, with all its Grolier books, passed en bloc

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