(AUCTION CATALOGUE: RIEUX, Gabriel Bernard, Comte de).

Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliotheque de feu Monsieur le President Bernard de Rieux.

2 p.l. xv, [1], 351, 40 pp., one leaf of “Note des Livres qui ont été mis dans ce Catalogue par erreur.” 8vo, cont. calf (joints at head a bit cracked), triple gilt fillet round sides, spine nicely gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: Barrois, 1747. The Comte de Rieux (1687-1745), Baron et Seigneur de Levinière et de Saint-Saine, was president of the second Chambre des Enquêtes. He formed a very fine library of mostly 17th- and 18th-century books, all well-bound, in large part in red morocco with his arms. There are many Elzevirs in this catalogue. 3314 lots including several manuscripts with miniatures. Fine copy, priced throughout in a contemporary hand. ❧ Bléchet, p. 122. Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions…1643-1830, 81. Peignot, p. 80.

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