(AUCTION CATALOGUE: MEYER, J. de.). Catalogue des Livres et Manuscripts formant la Bibliothèque de feu M. Jean de Meyer.
[bound with]:(—). Catalogue des Monnaies et Médailles... 4 p.l., 163, [1] pp. 8vo. Ghent: 1869. [bound with]: (—). Catalogue de la Collection de Tableaux, Dessins, Gravures & Autographes. 14 pp. 8vo. Ghent: 1869. A special set of this important sale: one of nine copies printed on Holland paper, inscribed on the free front flyleaf by the printer Vanderhaeghen to the Comte de Kerchove de Denterghem (with his armorial bookplate). The first catalogue describes a noteworthy sale of early illuminated MSS., incunabula, and books on numismatics (1265 lots). Meyer (d. 1869), also formed a magnificent collection of coins and medals, sold in the second catalogue (1983 lots). The final catalogue describes Meyer’s collection of paintings, drawings, prints, and autographs (117 lots). Meyer’s collection of incunabula was the subject of considerable study by Henry Bradshaw who published in 1870 his A Classified Index of the Fifteenth Century Books in the Collection of the late M.J. de Meyer. Fine and attractive copy. Bound-in at the end of the first catalogue is the printed price list with buyers’ names. ❧ Blogie 174.
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