(AUCTION CATALOGUE: DE BURE FAMILY). Catalogue des Livres rares et précieux, Manuscrits et Imprimés, de la Bibliothèque de feu M. J.J. De Bure...
dont la vente aura lieu le jeudi 1er décembre 1853, et jours suivants... xii, 306 pp., 1 leaf; 16 pp. 8vo, attractive modern marbled boards, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: L. Potier, 1853. The scarce sale catalogue of the private library formed by several generations of the De Bure family of booksellers and auctioneers. The sale was occasioned by the death of Jean Jacques De Bure in 1853. This catalogue consists of 1853 lots. Later that month there was another sale of the De Bure family MSS. The catalogue of that sale is very rare. "Ce cabinet se distinguait et par un grand nombre de belles et excellentes reliures anciennes en maroquin..."Brunet, II, 555. Fine copy with the separately issued price-list bound-in at end. A4 Blogie col. 76.
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