(AUCTION CATALOGUE: BOURRET, [Pierre-Abel?]). Catalogue de la Bibliotheque de feu Monsieur Bourret, ancien Intendant de la Principauté de Neuf-Chastel & de Vallengin, en Suisse.
Dont la Vente se fera en détail au plus offrant & dernier encherisseur, le Lundy 18. Juillet 1735. & jours suivans... xvi, 523 pp. 12mo, cont. calf (upper joint a little cracked, head of spine a bit chipped, lower joint a little rubbed), spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine, arms in gilt on each cover of Guillaume-Gabriel Pavée de Vendeuvre (see below). Paris: J. Boudot & J. Guerin, 1735. An uncommon auction catalogue. The library was a large one (6496 lots) and contained some outstanding 16th- and 17th-century rarities as well as strong collections in history, belles-lettres, numismatics, music, and the sciences (especially mineralogy). Very good copy. Guillaume-Gabriel Pavée de Vendeuvre (1779-1870), a native of Troyes, served as deputy in the French National Assembly for many years. ❧ Bléchet, p. 91. Blogie col. 3. Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions...1643-1830, 39. Peignot, p. 83. Pollard & Ehrman no. 274.
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