Author: LIBRAIRIE FIRMIN-DIDOT. PRÉCIEUX D'UNE INTRODUCTION PAR M. PAULIN PARIS.
Title: Catalogue Illustré des Livres Précieux, Manuscrits et Imprimés, Faisant Partie de la Bibliothque de M. Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Vente a l'Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, rue Drouot, No 9. - Salle No 3 du Jeudi 6 au Samdi 15 Juin 1878.
Description: Paris. Librairie Firmin-Didot et Cie. 1878, 1st Edition. Hardcover. xvi + 224 pages plus illustration section followed by 19 + 23 pages at rear. Century-old grey cloth rebinding of original paperbound book with front paper cover mounted on front. Number 235 of 500 copies made. Impressive booksale catalog, 715 well-described items, any one of which we would kill to be able to offer today. Moderate ex-library stamps confined to the top edge and front blank endpapers. Cloth frayed at corners and worn at top of spine, clean and unmarked interior. Illustration section includes one color plate from Chroniques abrégées des Anciens Rois et Ducs de Bourgogne, now in the British Library (Yates Thompson 32). Text in French, Liste des Prix d'Adjudication at rear. Good.

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