(Bibliography) BURE (Guillaume de): Catalogue... - Lot 254 - Richard Maison de ventes

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(Bibliography) BURE (Guillaume de): Catalogue... - Lot 254 - Richard Maison de ventes
(Bibliography) BURE (Guillaume de): Catalogue of the books in the library of the late Duke de La Vallière. First part containing the manuscripts, the first editions, the books printed on vellum & on large paper, the rare books, & precious by their beautiful conservation, the books of prints, &c., whose sale will be done in the first days of December 1783. Paris, Guillaume de Bure Fils Aîné, 1783. 3 volumes. 12,5 by 19,5 cm. 1 portrait-(4)-LXIV-71-(1)-602 pages + 1 folding plate h.t. ; (4)-758 pages + 3 folding plates h.t. ; (4)-388-376-92 pages + 1 folding plate h.t. Contemporary half tan basane, smooth spine decorated, red title-pieces, black head-pieces. One headband frayed, two lower headbands slightly rubbed, 3 jaws partly cracked (without affecting the solidity of the volumes). Paper of the boards slightly rubbed. Good condition inside. Precious catalog of part of the largest private library in existence. Prices are noted in pen in the outer margin for each number of each of the three volumes. Precious copy in which a 42 + 2 pages booklet entitled Prix des livres de la bibliothèque de M. le Duc de La Vallière has been bound at the end of volume III. Incomplete of its title page, it contains all the numbers of the catalog, with the price obtained and sometimes a comment on the condition of the book: "double", "trimmed", "imperfect". A small burn on 2 leaves has caused the loss of some characters. This very rare booklet is attached to very few copies; the Getty Institute has it. Catalog of 5,568 numbers: classification by order of subjects, table of authors, engravers, painters and titles of their works, table of anonymous persons. An exceptional sale, which makes collectors and experts dream. And a very beautiful engraving of the Underworld, a precious theme for any bibliophile.
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