Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de feu Chrétien-Guillaume Lamoignon-Malesherbes, disposé par Jean-Luc Nyon…

by Auction Catalogue: Malesherbes

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Engraved medallion port. of the collector on title. 32, 468 pp. 8vo, modern half-calf & paste-paper boards, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: J.L. Nyon l’aîné, 1797. The sale catalogue of the vast library, especially rich in natural history, formed by one of the outstanding figures of 18th-century France. Lamoignon-Malesherbes 1721-94 , born into one of the great legal families, was the son of Guillaume de Lamoignon,

• Binding: Leather

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