Catalogue des Livres rares et précieux de la Bibliothèque de feu M. Ant. Bern. Caillard…...
xxiii, [1], 423 pp. 8vo, fine cont. polished calf (two corners a trifle worn), triple gilt fillet round sides, flat spine gilt, flat spine gilt “á la grotesque,” turn-ins gilt, a.e.g. Paris: De Bure père et fils, 1808.
The first issue of the auction catalogue of Caillard’s library; our copy has been neatly priced throughout in a contemporary hand. The present catalogue (2650 lots and limited to 1200 copies) was published for the auction which was eventually held in 1810 (the second issue has 1810 on the title). This was an important library containing notable incunabula, classical texts, scientific and... More