(AUCTION CATALOGUE: GOSSELLIN, P.F.J.). Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque.
..dont la Vente se fera le mercredi 19 janvier 1831 et jours suivans... iv, 143 pp. 8vo, orig. blue wrappers, uncut. Paris: De Bure Frères, 1830. The rare sale catalogue of the library of one of the leading geographers of the time, Pascal François Joseph Gossellin (1751-1830), member of the Institut and a conservateur-administrateur of the Bibliothèque Royale. His research and books were largely devoted to ancient geography, especially the writings of Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, and Strabo. Fine copy. 620 lots. N.B.G., Vol. 21, cols. 328-30. Not in Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions...1643-1830.
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