Catalogue Des Livres Rares Et Singuliers Du Cabinet De M Filheul Precede De Quelques

by Charles Auction Catalogue Chardin

$5,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

2 p.l., lvi, 502 pp. 8vo, 19th-cent. sheep-backed marbled boards, flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Dessain, 1779. A most unusual copy, very probably Chardin’s own copy, of this sale catalogue; it is the first of several sales, here held under the maiden name of his wife “Filheul,” by which Chardin, one of the most important Parisian booksellers of his time, periodically disposed of a portion of his vast stock. We know

• Binding: Leather

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