Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de feu M. Fr. J.G. de la Porte du Theil...dont la Vente se fera le mercredi 17 avril 1816, et jours suivans
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2 p.l., xix, 334 pp., one leaf of ads. 8vo, cont. green sheep-backed boards, flat spine decorated in gilt & blind. Paris: Crapelet, 1816.
The very rare auction catalogue of the library of La Porte du Theil (1742-1815), French Hellenist and conservator of manuscripts at the Royal Library; he played a role in the early attempts to decipher the Rosetta Stone. The collection was particularly rich in rare Italian books along with a fine collection of bibliography (lots 3248-3326). The preliminary leaves contain a valuable bio-bibliography of the collector by Silvestre de Sacy.
Very good copy and priced throughout in a contemporary hand. 3486 lots.
❧ Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions…1643-1830, 564. N.B.G., Vol. 29, cols. 560-63.
The very rare auction catalogue of the library of La Porte du Theil (1742-1815), French Hellenist and conservator of manuscripts at the Royal Library; he played a role in the early attempts to decipher the Rosetta Stone. The collection was particularly rich in rare Italian books along with a fine collection of bibliography (lots 3248-3326). The preliminary leaves contain a valuable bio-bibliography of the collector by Silvestre de Sacy.
Very good copy and priced throughout in a contemporary hand. 3486 lots.
❧ Grolier Club, Printed Catalogues of French Book Auctions…1643-1830, 564. N.B.G., Vol. 29, cols. 560-63.
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Title
Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque de feu M. Fr. J.G. de la Porte du Theil...dont la Vente se fera le mercredi 17 avril 1816, et jours suivans
Author
(AUCTION CATALOGUE: LA PORTE DU THEIL, François Jean Gabriel de)
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