Catalogue des Livres et Manuscrits formant la Bibliothèque de feu M. J.B.Th. de Jonghe.
Lithographed frontis. port. of the collector & two plates depicting family armorials. xxi, 368 pp.; xii, 459 pp.; x, 457 pp. Three vols. Thick 8vo, cont. green morocco-backed green marbled boards, spines gilt. Brussels: F. Heussner, 1860-61-60.
This magnificent library was one of the greatest and most complete ever formed on the history, heraldry, genealogy, and numismatics of the Low Countries. The collection was the most important sold since Lammens and van Hulthem 25 years earlier. De Jonghe (1801-60), diplomat and lawyer and the heir of a great fortune, formed his collection over a thirty-year period.
10,923 lots including many important early MSS. and books, notable bindings, etc.
Fine set, priced throughout.
❧ Blogie 145, 146, & 147.
Price: $1,350.00
Item ID: 5686
