Item ID: 2575 Catalogue des Livres rares et précieux, des Manuscrits, etc. de la Bibliothèque rassamblée par feu M. Paignon Dijonval, et continuée par M. le Vicomte de Morel-Vindé, Pair de France. Dont la Vente se fera le lundi 17 mars 1823, et jours suivans…. Charles-Gilbert AUCTION CATALOGUE: MOREL-VINDÉ, Vicomte de, Gilbert PAIGNON-DIJONVAL.

Catalogue des Livres rares et précieux, des Manuscrits, etc. de la Bibliothèque rassamblée par feu M. Paignon Dijonval, et continuée par M. le Vicomte de Morel-Vindé, Pair de France. Dont la Vente se fera le lundi 17 mars 1823, et jours suivans…

xvi, 4, 489 pp. 8vo, cont. sheep-backed marbled boards, flat spine gilt. Paris: De Bure frères, 1822.

The large and fine library formed by Paignon-Dijonval (1708-92), was inherited by his grandson, Morel-Vindé, who made important additions to it. Morel-Vindé (1759-1842), the author of the Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen (1790), was active as an agronomist. He served as a member of Parlement and became Pair de France in 1815; Louis XVIII created him baron and vicomte.

This library of 3216 lots contained books and manuscripts of the highest quality. The most expensive item of the sale was lot 71, a 15th-century Breviary from the La Vallière sale with 41 miniatures, some in grisaille (1600 francs to Crozet). The library was quite rich in the sciences, including, quite predictably, agriculture.

Fine copy. Pages 455-85 contain an extremely useful author index and, even better, an index of anonymous works.

❧ Gustave Brunet, Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique, col. 498–“Collection fort importante.” N.B.G., Vol. 36, cols. 528-29.

Price: $3,000.00

Item ID: 2575