ADRY JEAN FÉLICISSIME Catalogue Raisonné des Variorum in 8º

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ADRY, JEAN-FÉLICISSIME. Catalogue Raisonné des Variorum in-8º. manuscript in french, written in neat cursive hand in black and brown ink on laid paper watermarked C & I HONIG. Several hundred leaves, bound in 3 volumes. 210x140 mm, contemporary brown morocco, quite worn; contents clean. From the collections of Ricardo Heredia y Livermoore (purchased from Quaritch), Pierre Louys, and Maurice Escoffier. Np, later 18th century

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Unpublished annotated bibliography of octavo-format variorum editions (i. e., containing textual variants and notes by various scholars), primarily of writings by Greek and Roman authors, also covering those of some later European writers. It comprises a preface discussing the background and scope of the work followed by several hundred short-title entries with bibliographical or textual comments. Adry (1749-1818) was a classical scholar, librarian of the Maison de l''Oratoire, and bibliographer. His few and scarce published works include a pioneering dictionary of children''s games and an early attempt at a complete bibliography of Elzevier imprints; his 6-volume bibliography of Oratorian authors remains in manuscript.