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31 - [LIBRARY – BIBLIOPHILIA]. Set of 5 bound volumes.
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[LIBRARY – BIBLIOPHILIA]. Set of 5 bound volumes. - [BOSSANGE (Hector)]. *Ma Bibliothèque française*. Paris: the author, 1855. Small 8vo, VII, 480 pp, contemporary red half-shagreen, ribbed spine, gilt head. The author offers his friends in America a list of works by French authors, accompanied by brief biographies, which, in his view, ought to grace the shelves of a fine library. As in all anthologies, the selection is subjective. The volume concludes with three very well-compiled tables. Ex-libris by André Deruelle, who was a bookseller for many years on Rue des Saints-Pères in Paris. -FEDERN (Robert). Bibliographical Directory of French Literature from its Origins to 1911. With an analytical index. Leipzig and Berlin, Volckmar, 1911. In-8, LXII, 413 pp., contemporary half-basane, covers preserved (Binding worn). - *Le Miroir des livres antiques et nouveaux*. Periodical bulletin of the Maison du Bibliophile. Paris, Maurice Escoffier, April 1922. In-8, blue percaline Bradel binding, brown sheepskin title label, gilt fleur-de-lis, covers preserved. Issue No. 1 of this publication, a copy with blank interleaves. - LE PETIT (Jules). The Art of Loving and Understanding Books. A Letter to a Young Bibliophile. Etchings by Alfred Gérardin. Paris, published by the author, 1884. 8vo, green half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, covers preserved. (Scuffing on the binding). - LANGLOIS (Ch.-V.). Manual of Historical Bibliography. Vol. I. Bibliographical Tools. Paris, Hachette, 1896. Small 8vo, fawn half-basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, red basane title label. (Signs of wear).
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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