Cabinet de feu Mr A. Rochebilière. Première partie. Editions originales d'auteurs français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. [ Librairie A. Claudin, auction catalogue, sale dates 31 May - 6 June 1882: ]
by Librairie A. Claudin
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Covers a little rubbed, spine-label worn, prelims and endpapers browned, contents somewhat age-toned and with light duststaining
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About This Item
Librairie A. Claudin. Paris, auction catalogue for the sale held from 31st May 1882- 6th June 1882. Contemporary cloth, spine with gilt device and year, leather spine-label, original printed wrappers bound in, 12mo,. xxiii, 454, [2] pp. 841 lots. An interesting catalogue, with prefaces by Alphonse Pauly and Anatole Claudin which paid tribute to Rochebilière's bibliographic skills, noting that he would buy multiple copies of books and minutely examine them "C'est ainsi qu'il a pu indiquer neuf états différents de la première édition française des Maximes de La Rochefoucauld, portant tous la date de 1665.". "Nous ne craignons pas de dire que cette vente fera sensation parmi les bibliophiles." Rochebilière had been head of the Bibliothèque Saint-Geneviève in Paris. The catalogue cover highlighted: Montaigne, Saint François de Sales, Corneille, Descartes, Pascal, La Fontaine, Bossuet, Molière, Racine, La Rochefoucauld, Boileau, Fénelon Malebranche, La Bruyère, Regnard, Bourdaloue, Mme de Sévigné, Le Sage, Montesquieu, Vauvenargues, etc; Quelques Romantiques. Covers a little rubbed, spine-label worn, prelims and endpapers browned, contents somewhat age-toned and with light duststaining to some margins, otherwise Good.
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- Title
- Cabinet de feu Mr A. Rochebilière. Première partie. Editions originales d'auteurs français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. [ Librairie A. Claudin, auction catalogue, sale dates 31 May - 6 June 1882: ]
- Author
- Librairie A. Claudin
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary cloth, spine with gilt device and year, leather spine-label, original printed wrappers bound in, 12mo,
- Book Condition
- Used - Covers a little rubbed, spine-label worn, prelims and endpapers browned, contents somewhat age-toned and with light duststaining
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie A. Claudin. Paris, auction catalogue for the sale held from 31st May 1882- 6th June 1882
- Date Published
- auction catalogue for the sale
- Pages
- xxiii, 454, [2] pp
- Keywords
- Librairie A. Claudin auction catalogue Rochebilière Rochebiliere Antoine 1811-1892
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About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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