Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 122

Price Realized: $ 214
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
LEBER, JEAN-MICHEL-CONSTANT. Catalogue des Livres Imprimés, Manuscrits, Estampes, Dessins et Cartes à jouer composant la Bibliothèque . . . avec des Notes par le Collectionneur. 19 plates, some double-page or folding. Half-titles. 4 volumes. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf with morocco lettering pieces by Simier, cover corners worn through, Volume 1 front cover detached, other joints starting; scattered foxing, some offsetting from plates. Paris, 1839-52

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Catalogue of the collection of over 7000 books and manuscripts, as well as prints, drawings, and playing cards, which Leber donated to the municipal library of Rouen; bound with the catalogue of the 1860 Paris auction of his later acquisitions, comprising 542 lots of books and 99 of prints.