Oct 27, 2015 - Sale 2395

Sale 2395 - Lot 181

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
LE GALLOIS, PIERRE. Traitté Historique des plus belles Bibliothèques de l'Europe. [12], 240 pages, including etched additional title. 12mo, 159x89 mm, 19th-century citron morocco gilt by Vogel, stamp-signed at foot of spine; contents toned and foxed. Bookplate of René-Charles Guilbert de Pixérécourt. [Leiden?]: "suivant la Copie à Paris chez Estienne Michallet," 1685

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Second edition of a 1680 survey of ancient and contemporary libraries with chapters on the invention of printing and on library organization.