(Grolier, Jean) Le Roux de Lincy, Antoine-Jean-Victor RECHERCHES SUR JEAN GROLIER, SUR SA VIE ET SA BIBLIOTHÈQUE, SUIVIES D'UN CATALOGUE DES LIVRES QUI LUI ONT APPARTENUS.
Nieuwkoop HES & DE GRAAF 1970 8vo cloth xlix, 491 pages. Reprint of the 1866 edition published in Paris. The Catalogue (pp. 179-320), extensively describing 349 items (13 of which are manuscripts) gives a masterly reconstruction of Grolier's Library, which ranks among the most precious collections of books of all times. The owner (1479-1565) is rightly considered as the founding father of French bibliography. With 10 facsimiles on 6 plates.
Sales rights: Available outside North America from HES & DE GRAAF Publishers. Price: $ 190.00
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Order nr. 103709
(Hugues, Jean) JEAN HUGUES, LIBRAIRE-ÉDITEUR
Le Point Cardinal Paris Pour les Amis de Jean Hughes, Éditions des Cendres 2004 4to. stiff paper wrappers 117, (9) pages Text in French. Limited to an edition of 900. A collection of essays by André Jammes, Antoine Coron, Jean Toulet, and Yves Peyré about Jean Hugues as a bookseller and editor. Includes a chronology of Hugues' life and a bibliography of his works. Illustrated in color and black-and-white throughout. Preface by Chantal Duchesne-Hugues. Printed in Apolline by l'imprimerie Landais. Price: $ 38.00
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Order nr. 94601
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