Jacob de Saint-Charles, Traicté des plus belles bibliotheques, Paris, 1644, eighteenth-century mottled calf
Auction Closed
July 11, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
JACOB DE SAINT-CHARLES, LOUIS. Traicté des plus belles bibliothèques, publiques et particulières. Paris: Rolet le Duc, 1644
FIRST EDITION of the first published history of public and private libraries, discussing around 1000 librari🐽es throughout Europe.
A two-page manuscript note on libraries in an early eighteenth-century hand is inserted into the volum�🌠�e.
2 parts in one volume, 8vo (164 x 103 mm). Roman type with italic marginalia, 21 lines plus headline. collation: ā8 ē2 A-3B8 3C10: 404 leaves. Woodcut initials and headpieces, 2-page manuscript note in an early eighteenth-cent🌌ury hand inserted. (Minor marginal wo🀅rming affecting a few quires.)
binding: Eighteenth-century brown mottled calf (170 x 115 mm), spine🎃 with 5 ba𝓰nds, red morocco title-piece in second compartment, other compartments with gilt decoration, edges red, marbled endpapers.
acquisition: Purchased in 1989 from Jonathan A. Hill, New York. references: USTC 6035314