Jul 30, 2020 - Sale 2543

Sale 2543 - Lot 263

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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
Labbé, Philippe (1607-1667) Novae Bibliothecae Manuscript. Librorum Tomus Primus [-Secundus]. Two folio volumes; ex libris French scholar and historiographer, Étienne Baluze, aka Stephanus Baluzius (1630-1718), with his signature at the foot of the title in volume one and other marginal corrections and annotations in the text of the first volume only, modern marginal notes in vol. two; both titles printed in red and black, large woodcut printer's device on each, engraved portrait of dedicatee; volume one bound in full contemporary mottled French calf, gilt-tooled spine, rebacked, volume two rebound in full modern leather; bottom corner of first few signatures in first volume repaired and reinforced; patchy spotting and reinforcement to bottom outside corners of last few signatures;13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (2) Paris: Sebastien & Gabriel Cramoisy, 1657.