(AUCTION CATALOGUE: [MAC-CARTHY-REAGH]). Catalogue des Livres rares et précieux du Cabinet de M.L.C.D.M
[Mac-Carthy-Reagh] par Guillaume De Bure, fils aîné. La Vente se fera dans le courant du mois du Janvier 1780. ix, [3], 164 pp. 8vo, self-bound, stitched as issued. Paris: G. De Bure, 1779. The catalogues of the duplicates from the extraordinary library of Justin, Comte de Mac-Carthy-Reagh (1744-1811). The sale was occasioned partly by his acquisition of the second collection of Girardot de Préfond. Amongst the duplicates are illuminated MSS., books printed on vellum (a favorite of the Count), and large paper editions of the classics. 1375 lots, priced throughout in a contemporary hand. Bound-in at the end is a 16-page catalogue issued by De Bure entitled "Catalogue des Livres en feuilles." Fine copy and rare, preserved in a box.
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