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193 - PEIGNOT (Gabriel). A Selection of Ancient and Modern Wills, …
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PEIGNOT (Gabriel). A Selection of Ancient and Modern Wills, Notable for their Significance, Uniqueness or Peculiarity; with Historical Details and Notes. Paris, Renouard and Dijon, Lagier, 1829. 2 volumes in-8, XXIV, 431 pp and [2 ff], 496 pp, paperback, faded plain contemporary covers, untrimmed, foxing throughout. First edition. From the will of Plato, who died in 348 BC, to that of Mr Héloin, who died in 1828. A work brimming with anecdotes, in which the complete will of Napoleon appears in print for the first time.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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Auction time 10/05/2026 at 2:00 PM
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