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two old books sitting on top of each other on a tablean old book opened to show the title of a novel
MILLON RIVIERA

Estimate €120 - €150
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[BIBLIOGRAPHY] BRUNET (Jacques-Charles). A Handbook for Booksellers and Book Lovers, containing 1. a new bibliographical dictionary, in which the most valuable books and the most useful works, both ancient and modern, are listed, with notes on the various editions that have been produced, and observations to help recognise counterfeits; it also includes the necessary details for collating antique books and the principal illustrated works; a comparison of the prices at which the rarest editions have been sold at public auctions over the past forty years, and an approximate valuation of old books frequently encountered in the book trade; 2. a table in the form of a catalogue raisonné, in which all the works listed in the Dictionary are methodically classified, along with a large number of useful works, though of ordinary value, which have not been included amongst the rare books. By J.-C. Brunet, the younger. Paris, Brunet, Leblanc, 1810. 3 vols. in-8, comprising XVIII–614 pp.; (4)–704 pp.; XI-(1)-393 pp., root-cut sheepskin, smooth decorated spine, title and volume number labels in red morocco, (contemporary binding). Spine broken over 2 cm on the second cover of Volume II. First edition.
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About the sale Bibliophilia – A fine selection of antique and modern books
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Auction time 10/15/2026 at 1:00 PM
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