Advis pour dresser une Bibliotheque. Presenté à Monseigneur le President de Mesme.
Woodcut device on title. 166, [1] pp. Small 8vo, cont. vellum over limp boards (lower cover a little defective, minor worming in lower margin but touching one letter of imprint). Paris: F. Targa, 1627.
First edition of a work of the greatest importance in the history of book collecting and libraries; Naudé’s bibliographic canon still influences us today. The first edition is a very rare book; its continuing importance is attested to by the many reprints in French and translations into other languages well into the 20th century.
In this first comprehensive guide devoted to how to form a library... More