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76 - [CHAUDON, Louis-Mayeul]. New Historical Pocket Dictionary, o…
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Estimate €80 - €120
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[CHAUDON, Louis-Mayeul]. New Historical Pocket Dictionary, or an Abridged History of All Men Who Have Made a Name for Themselves Through Their Talents, Virtues, Misdeeds and Errors, from the Beginning of the World to the Present Day. New edition corrected of a prodigious number of chronological errors… Paris, Marc-Michel Rey, 1774. 4 volumes in-8, contemporary brown calfskin, ornate ribbed spine, title and volume number labels in red and green morocco, marbled edges. [2 ff], XXIV, 782 pp, [34] pp: supplement; [2 leaves], 784 pp, [22 pp]: supplement; [2 leaves], 694 pp, [30 pp]: supplement; and [2 leaves], 632 pp, [23 pp]: supplement. This major biographical dictionary, which served as a model for Feller’s, is as famous for the information it contains as for the errors it contains. Scuff marks on the caps and clasps; one cap torn off; corners worn down
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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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