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3 parts in 1 volume, 8vo (172 x 107 mm) 3 nn.ll., 246 pp. for part I; 1 nn.l., 283 pp. for part II; 1 nn.l., 352 pp. for part III. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, bound to style.
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Only edition of this important and rare auction catalogue.
Divided into three sections (folios, quartos, octavos and smaller) this important library united more than 4000 volumes in various fields: theology, oriental languages, law, philosophy, history, medicine, natural history, literature, poetry, manuscripts, and more.
The monumental sale was held in a series of sessions over a period of 25 days under the direction of the bookseller and publisher Adrien Moetjens, famous for his pirated editions of the Contes by Perrault and the Aventures de Télémaque.
Pagination identical the BnF copy.
Some occasional browning, two leaves in part III (I4 and Vv2) with loss in the white margin due to paper default, else fine.
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