(AUCTION CATALOGUE: HUZARD).

Catalogue des Livres, Dessins et Estampes de la Bibliotheque de feu M. J.-B. Huzard...

Mis en ordre et rédigé par P. Leblanc... 2 p.l., v-lvi, 592 pp.; 2 p.l., v-xii, 553, [1] pp.; 2 p.l., v-xvi, 555 pp. Three vols. 8vo, cont. half-calf & marbled boards (joints a little cracked but strong), flat spines gilt. Paris: Bouchard-Huzard, 1842. The sale catalogue of the enormous library (16,370 lots) of Jean-Baptiste Huzard (1755-1838), French agronomist and inspector-general of the national veterinary schools. Huzard was responsible for introducing Spanish merinos in France and wrote many influential works on rural economy. Huzard’s library, which contained over 40,000 books and was built up during a sixty-year period, was one of the largest and most complete ever formed by a private collector in the following fields: natural history, agriculture, rural economy, and medicine. The sale catalogue is tantamount to a bibliography of these subjects. Each book is carefully described and there are author indexes at the end of each volume. Huzard was a knowledgeable collector and many of his books have important provenances (Soubise, de Thou, Blondel) or are in fine morocco bindings by Padeloup, Derome, and Bozerian. There are also a number of early illustrated MSS. Very good set. Bound-in each volume is an eight-page “Ordre des Vacations” for each sale. At the end of Vol. III is bound-in the “Notice des différents Ouvrages réservés ou omis” (Paris: Bouchard-Huzard, 1844, 22 pp.). I have never had this extra catalogue in any of the other copies I have sold. ❧ Gustave Brunet, Dictionnaire de Bibliologie Catholique, cols. 471-72.

• USD 5,500.00 > Andere Währungen
• Bestellnummer: HillBibl-1402

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