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934 - FAUCHET (Claude). The Works of the Late Mr Claude Fauchet, F…
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FAUCHET (Claude). The Works of the Late Mr Claude Fauchet, First President of the Court of the Mints. Revised and corrected in this latest edition, supplemented and expanded on the basis of the author’s manuscript, memoirs and papers. Paris, published by David Le Clerc and Jean de Heuqueville, 1610. 5 parts in 2 vols., in-4, with continuous pagination of (12)-(196)-(8)-320 ff. for the first volume; (10)-(470)-(5)-(531)-(21)-591-(50) ff. for the second volume, brown calfskin, ribbed spine, triple gilt fillet with gilt framing on the covers (contemporary binding) A rare collective first edition, conforming to the collation—which is rarely so precise—provided by Brunet II, no. 1191. Provenance: the library of President Crozat, Marquis de Tugny, which was sold in 1751 (catalogue no. 3662), bearing this handwritten annotation: Ex Bibliotheca D. Crozat in suprema Parisiensi Curia Praesidis. Ex-libris: M. de Gaillon’s Library. Very well-bound copy; a few discreet restorations. Marginal annotations from the period; some foxing.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 2 of 4 – Nos. 550 to 1084
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Auction time 08/20/2026 at 11:00 AM
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