Catalogue Des Livres Provenans De La Bibliotheque De M L D D L V Duc De La Valliere Dispose Et Mis En

by Auction Catalogue La Valliere

$12,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

liv, 2 , 618 pp.; 2 p.l., 400 pp. Two vols. in one. Thick 4to, cont. speckled boards, excellently rebacked in antique calf, gilt, reusing the two red morocco lettering pieces on spine. Paris: G.F. de Bure, 1767. A very rare large paper copy of the extremely uncommon auction catalogue of the first of three sales of duplicates from the library of the duc de la Vallière, who formed by the time of his death in 1780 the most important collection of books

• Binding: Leather

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