(AUCTION CATALOGUE: POMPADOUR).

Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothéque de feue Madame la Marquise de Pompadour, Dame du Palais de la Reine.

xvi, 404, lxxii pp. 8vo, cont. fine white vellum over boards, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: J.T. Herissant, 1765. A particularly attractive copy of this famous catalogue, “remarquable par la partie du théatre, qui est une des plus complètes que l’on connoisse. On y trouve aussi le recueil des Mercures, l’un des plus complets et des plus riches en extraordinaires qu’il y ait en Europe...Ce catalogue est terminé par une table d’auteurs et une table des anonymes.”–Peignot, p. 119. Mme. de Pompadour employed the best binders of her time and, in consequence, her catalogue is of special value for the history of bookbinding in France and for establishing the pedigree of the volumes from her library which have become coveted treasures for the collector. Fine copy, priced throughout in a contemporary hand. Stamp very carefully removed from blank portion of title. 3796 lots, including music and prints. ❧ Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions...1643-1830, 180. Pollard & Ehrman no. 289. Taylor, Book Catalogues, pp. 106, 135, & 256.

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