Catalogue des livres, imprimés et manuscrits, de la bibliothèque de feu Monseigneur le Prince de Soubise, Maréchal de France. Dont la Vente se fera indiquée par affiches au mois de Janvier 1789.
by (SOUBISE, CHARLES DE ROHAN, PRINCE DE)
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Paris, chez Leclerc, 1788. 8vo (size 270 x 140 mm), xvi, 643 pp., 90 pp., 8 pp., (2) ff. Contemporary half calf with paste paper boards (boards a bit rubbed). Edges stained red. Our copy includes the very rare eight-page schedule of the sale and is priced throughout in ink in a contemporary hand. Also with a few annotations and corrections. (ink a bit faded on a couple of pages).
One of the most important sale catalogues of the eighteenth century. The catalogue comprises 8302 lots (around 20,000 books). The auction took place between 12 January and 20 May 1789 in 91 sessions - as stated in the 8 page schedule of the sale bound-in at the end of our copy. This vast library included the De Thou books owned by the Marquis de Menars as well as the books from Jean Grolier that were also in his possession. And of course the Menard collection itself. All those books came into the possession of the CardinalArmand de de Rohan-Soubise (1674 - 1749). And then were passed down to the Prince de Soubise. Books were constantly added to the collection and it became one of the most considerable collections in France. To the collection he inherited, Soubise (1715 - 1785) added "an enormous quantity of works remarkable for their interest, rarity and value" (Olivier, Pl. 2034) which he had bound in light-brown calf, with his armorial bearings on the spine. There was hardly a book sale at which he did not buy - "c'était une frénésie chez lui" (Guigard). He owned twelve Grolier bindings. The Comte d'Artois was the principal buyer at the sale. (The d'Artois collections is now held in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal). [c.f. Grolier Club #338; . Guigard, II, pp. 415-17. Peignot, p. 125. Taylor, Book Catalogues, pp. 20, 131, 151, 207, 221, & 263].
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- Catalogue des livres, imprimés et manuscrits, de la bibliothèque de feu Monseigneur le Prince de Soubise, Maréchal de France. Dont la Vente se fera indiquée par affiches au mois de Janvier 1789.
- Author
- (SOUBISE, CHARLES DE ROHAN, PRINCE DE)
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- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1788
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- 0.00 lbs
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