(AUCTION CATALOGUE: JOURSANVAULT, J.B.A.G.). Catalogue analytique des Archives de M. le Baron de Joursanvault, contenant une précieuse Collection de Manuscripts, Chartes et Documens originaux au Nombre de plus de Quatre-vingt mille concernant l'Histoire générale de France -- l'Histoire particulière des provinces -- l'Histoire de la noblesse et l'Art héraldique...
Two folding facsimiles. xiv, 373 pp.; 2 p.l., 298 pp. Two vols. 8vo, orig. blue printed wrappers (a little frayed), uncut. Paris: Techener, 1838. This was one of the greatest of all sales of early French manuscripts and historical documents. Baron Joursanvault, of Beaune, began collecting before 1789 and the disruptions caused by the Revolution allowed him to take advantage of many remarkable situations, especially during the dispersals of monastic archives. 3638 lots. Not in Blogie.
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