Bibliotheca Elegantissima Parisina Catalogue De Livres Choisis Provenants Du Cabinet Dun

by Antoine Marie Auction Catalogue Paris Dillins

$2,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

2 p.l., 192 pp., one leaf of errata. 8vo, cont. calf joints nicely repaired , flat spine gilt, contrasting leather lettering piece on spine. London: Edwards; Paris: Laurent, 1790. A priced copy of the Paris edition of this famous sale; an English edition appeared the next year. For a fascinating account of this catalogue and sale which caused traffic jams along Pall Mall , see Arthur Rau’s “Bibliotheca Parisina” in The Book Collector Autumn

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