QUATRE SIÈCLES DE BIBLIOPHILE. DU BERCEAU DE L'IMPRIMERIE AU ROMANTISME

Chartres: Librairie Sourget, 1996. cloth, dust jacket. Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 343, (4) pages. Sumptuously produced catalogue XIV. Includes 150 entries spanning all topics, accompanied by detailed descriptions, photos of the beautifully-bound books and illustrations from them, most full-page and in lavish color. Portrays maps from l'Histoire de la Nouvelle France1609), by Marc Lescarbot; samples of the watercolor plants and flowers attributed to Pierre-Joseph Garidel in Recueil des Plantes qui Naissent en Provence(1705); beautiful color prints by Alexandre Louis Joseph de Laborde in his Voyage Pittoresque en Autriche(1821 - 1822). Price list inserted with prices in French francs and euros. Light chipping to dust jacket.