Catalogue Des Livres de La bibliothèque De Feu Monsieur Le Chevalier De Charost.
by (CHAROST, LOUIS BASILE CHEVALIER DE)
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Paris, Jacques Barois, 1742. 500 pp. 5103 items described. 8vo. Half calf, brown marbled boards over a piece of reused manuscript. Edges speckled red. Priced throughout in red ink in a contemporary hand with a name in the same ink at the end "Le Guy"? (lower hinge of front cover a bit damaged corners & edges a bit rubbed, a few pieces of leather missing from spine. Wormhole in the lower margins of the first 8 pages, first flyleaf loosening, manuscript note (library number?) made with a felt pen on the title, owner name erased from title).
Sale catalogue of the library formed by Louis-Basile de Béthune, Chevalier de Charost (1674-1742). He spent the most part of his life building his collection that is particularly strong in the field of French history. The catalogue contains 5103 lots. Over half of them (2950 nrs) are in the field of history. Pages 451 - 500 contain an extensive author index. [Bléchet, p.112; North, Grolier Club # 66; Peignot, p. 89.].
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- Title
- Catalogue Des Livres de La bibliothèque De Feu Monsieur Le Chevalier De Charost.
- Author
- (CHAROST, LOUIS BASILE CHEVALIER DE)
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1742
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- 0.00 lbs
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