HOYOIS, Henri Joseph.

Musée Bibliographique; Collection d'Ouvrages imprimés et manuscrits, dont le moindre Prix est de 1000 Francs...

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Woodcut vignette on title. xxiii, [1], 192 pp. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers bound in a cont. Mons binding of dark blue morocco, signed by N. Landa at foot of spine, double gilt fillets round sides, azured tools gilt at the corners, in center of both covers the monogrammed device on the publisher in gilt within a red morocco inlay, flat spine similarly gilt, title lettered on red morocco inlay on spine, a.e.g., patterned embossed endpapers. Mons: 1837. First edition of this interesting account of certain rare and valuable books and MSS. and their prices. We find accounts of the Valdarfer Boccacio, the Gutenberg Bible, and other important books with details on how much they fetched at auction or were priced in catalogues of French and English antiquarian booksellers. Hoyois (1773-1841), was a Belgian printer and bookseller. He is best known as a perpetrator of the Fortsas hoax. This is Hoyois’s own copy in an attractive signed binding by N. Landa, active at Mons in the 1830s according to Dubois d’Enghien. Nice copy. Corners a little rubbed or worn. ❧ Taylor, Catalogues of Rare Books, p. 59.

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• nº de pedido: HillBibl-2062

• librero: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (USA)