(AUCTION CATALOGUE: AUMONT, Louis Marie Augustin, Duc d').

Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliotheque de feu M. le Duc d'Aumont.

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Dont la Vente se fera en son Hôtel...le Mardi 7 janvier 1783, & jours suivans. xii, 415 pp. 8vo, cont. calf-backed paste-paper boards, flat spine gilt, contrasting leather lettering piece on spine. Paris, G. Debure, fils aîné, 1782. [bound with]:(?MÉRARD DE SAINT-JUST, Simon Pierre?). Catalogue de Livres précieux, provenant du Cabinet du Cen M***, dont la Vente se fera...le 13 Frimaire an VII. 1 p.l., 57, [1] pp. 8vo. [Paris]: Mauger & Hubert, An VII [1798]. An attractively bound sammelband of two scarce auction catalogues. I. Though said to have been despised by the contemporary world of letters for having had Marmontel sent to the Bastille because of a satire ridiculing him, the Duc d’Aumont (1709-1782) was one of the outstanding book and art collectors of his age. “La bibliothèque du duc d’Aumont avait été formée avec un soin et une patience dont la bibliophilie offre peu d’exemples. Elle contenait les meilleurs ouvrages français en tout genre, et des plus belles éditions. La plupart des reliures, soit en maroquin, soit en veau marbré, sortaient des mains de l’habile Padeloup. Un grand nombre d’ouvrages de cette provenance se trouvent aujourd’hui à la Bibl. Nationale.”–Guigard, II, p. 26. 3100 lots. II. I believe this is another — earlier and unrecognized — sale of duplicates from the library of Mérard (1749-1812), man of letters. The books are rather similar in quality to those in his sale the following year. He was born into a very rich family and, for a number of years, was in charge of the residence of the future Louis XVI. After retiring from his public duties in 1782, he concentrated on his growing collection of books and commissioned editions printed in severely limited numbers. Guigard wrote (Vol. II, p. 351): “Sans l’amour des livres, Mérard de Saint-Just serait complètement oublié.” In 1783 he issued a famous catalogue limited to 25 copies. The catalogue is an odd combination of books which were present in his library, books no longer in his library, and books which he desired for his library (including some completely imaginary books). His collection was not large but fine. Mérard did not have the taste for editio princeps (except for Aldines) but preferred the best editions with careful editing. He bought books from many of the great collections of the 18th century — Pompadour, de Boze, Gaignat, Randon de Boisset, Mac-Carthy Reagh, Gouttard, etc. — and selected choicely bound volumes (including examples by Padeloup, Derôme, Roger Payne, and Baumgarten). 455 lots. Fine and fresh copies. ❧ I. Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Books Auctions...1643-1830, 304. Peignot, p. 78. II. Not in Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions...1643-1830.

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