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Bibliothèque Eugène de Beauharnais (Vice-Roi d'Italie et Duc de Leuchtenberg) et des Ducs de Leuchtenberg provenant du Château de Seeon en Bavière. [bound with] La biblioteca di Eugenio de Beauharnais, vice-rè d'Italia, Parte II [2 vols in 1, Braus-Riggenbach and Ulrico Hoepli Libreria Antiquaria, auction catalogues, sale dates: 23-24 Mai, 1935 and 20-22 Novembre 1935]
by Braus-Riggenbach ; Ulrico Hoepli Libreria Antiquaria
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- From the library of the bibliophile A R A Hobson, though without indicia of that. A few of the plate surrounds are annotated. Wr
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Braus-Riggenbach, Basel / Ulrico Hoepli Libreria Antiquaria, Milan, auction catalogues for the sales held in Zurich on 23rd-24th May, 1935 and in Milan on 20th-22nd November, 1935. 2 vols in 1, later cloth (original printed wrappers bound in), gilt spine-title 'Leuchtenberg II & III, 1935', top edge gilt, large 8vo, 30 cm,. [4], 75, [1] pp, colour frontispiece, 16 plates, ills, music. + 58 pp, 32 tipped-in plates, ills,. 301 + 226 lots. The catalogues listed material in Part I as including Napoléonica, militaria, fêtes, costumes, médecine et sciences naturelles, géographie, voyages et vues, beaux-arts, reliures, livres illustrés, impressions célèbres, théâtre et musique, littérature et beaux romantiques; and Part II as including Scienza, Letteratura, Storia, Viaggi, Arte, Costumi, Legislazione, Militaria, Napoleonica, Legature. Indexed. From the library of the bibliophile A R A Hobson, though without indicia of that. A few of the plate surrounds are annotated. Wrappers chipped with loss, catalogues somewhat agetoned, otherwise Good. Part II has the printed estimates bound in at the front and lacks the cover illustration originally mounted on the front wrapper.
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- Title
- Bibliothèque Eugène de Beauharnais (Vice-Roi d'Italie et Duc de Leuchtenberg) et des Ducs de Leuchtenberg provenant du Château de Seeon en Bavière. [bound with] La biblioteca di Eugenio de Beauharnais, vice-rè d'Italia, Parte II [2 vols in 1, Braus-Riggenbach and Ulrico Hoepli Libreria Antiquaria, auction catalogues, sale dates: 23-24 Mai, 1935 and 20-22 Novembre 1935]
- Author
- Braus-Riggenbach ; Ulrico Hoepli Libreria Antiquaria
- Format/Binding
- 2 vols in 1, later cloth (original printed wrappers bound in), gilt spine-title 'Leuchtenberg II & III, 1935', top e
- Book Condition
- Used - From the library of the bibliophile A R A Hobson, though without indicia of that. A few of the plate surrounds are annotated. Wr
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Braus-Riggenbach, Basel / Ulrico Hoepli Libreria Antiquaria, Milan, auction catalogues for the sales held in Zurich on 23rd-24th
- Date Published
- 1935
- Pages
- [4], 75, [1] pp, colour frontispiece, 16 plates, ills, music. + 58 pp, 32 tipped-in plates, ills,
- Keywords
- Librairie Ancienne Ulrico Hoepli Libreria Antiquaria auction catalogue Beauharnais, Eugène de, Duke of Leuchtenberg - Library - Catalogs. Leuchtenberg, Dukes of - Library - Catalogs.Braus-Riggenbach (Firm) mai . Scienza, letteratura, storia, viaggi
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