Bibliography from Cole & Contreras

Paris: Gogué / Née de la Rochelle, 1776. An extensive private library auction catalogue that adopts a new classification method. 4, xxxii, 382 pp. 4542 lots of books and 51 lots of prints described. PRICED THROUGHOUT IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in six compartments, covers adorned with triple gilt fillet.… Read more about this item

Paris: Jacques Barois, 1742. An extensive private library auction catalogue. 2, xii, 500 pp. 5103 lots described. Bookplate of M. Janvier de Flainville, "avocat au parlement, & au bailliage présidial de Chartres." On the verso of the half-title is a note in Janvier de Flainville's hand, signed with his intricate monogram. Large 8vo. … Read more about this item

Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Apud Cornelium Haak, 1740. AN UNCUT COPY, IN THE ORIGINAL MARBLED WRAPS, OF THIS TRAILBLAZING BOTANICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 16, 450, 1, 66 [but actually 74, because 8 pp are misnumbered] pp (COMPLETE). Printed on fine laid paper, with large margins. Large 4to (page size 27 x 21 cm). Light overall wear, especially to… Read more about this item

Paris and Lyon: Renouard, 1816. An outstanding large-paper copy of the first and only edition of this fascinating bibliographical miscellany, touching on everything from incunabula to manuscripts to libraries to printing in China, and including the first bibliography of bibliographies and the history of printing. II, 488 pp. From a total edition of 600 copies, this is… Read more about this item

Paris: De Bure, 1763-1783. Thirteen volumes in twelve, ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE WITH ALL SUPPLEMENTS, PRICE LISTS, ETC, an outstanding set of the "Bibliographie Instructive" (the first great universal bibliography) and the Duc de la Vallière catalogue, elegantly and uniformly bound (as "BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE DE BURE", on the upper spine labels) in contemporary calf. Volumes 1-7 comprise the main body… Read more about this item

Paris: printed by Jouaust for Flammarion, 1893. First and only edition of the standard work on the iconography of French fables and their ancient sources. From a total edition of only 200 copies, this is ONE OF ONLY 20 LARGE-PAPER COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER (tête), WITH A SECOND SUITE OF THE 104 PLATES (printed in black). … Read more about this item

Florence: privately printed by Imprimerie de l'Arte della Stampa, 1885-1890. Two volumes, complete. A WONDERFUL SET OF THE RARE PRIVATELY-PRINTED CATALOGUE OF ONE OF THE GREAT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. 590; 8, 616 pp. Extensively indexed. Beautifully printed on fine wove paper, with ample margins. Horace de Landau (1824-1903) was the extremely… Read more about this item

Paris: Labitte, 1883. ONE OF ONLY TWO (2) LARGE-PAPER COPIES (this one printed for the author on fine Dutch laid paper, "Hollande") OF THIS EXEMPLARY SINGLE-COLLECTOR AUCTiON CATALOGUE. XI, 190, 2 pp. Interleaved throughout. With the author's manuscript notes, corrections, prices realized, and buyers' names. On the front free endpaper is a note in the… Read more about this item

Le Caire (Cairo): Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1918. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION (aside from reprints) OF THIS FUNDAMENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. XXXII, 372 pp. 6695 references. Fully indexed. Beautifully bound in half morocco and decorated boards, spine gilt in five compartments with raised bands. Fine and bright.

Hamburgi (Hamburg): Abraham Vanderhoeck, 1734. FIRST LATIN EDITION of the catalogue of the Bibliotheca Aprosiana. XIV, 256 pp. The catalogue, although it goes no further than the letter C, is an irreplaceable portrait of intellectual life of late 17th-century Europe. 12mo. Attractively bound in full ivory vellum. Some wear to binding, but structurally solid.… Read more about this item

Lausanne: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1920. THE UNIQUE DEDICATION COPY OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS STANDARD REFERENCE, dedicated to bibliophile René Mermod. X, 1, 100, 2, CIII, LXVII, 1, XXVIII pp (complete). From a total edition of 410 numbered copies, THIS IS THE DEDICATION COPY, JUSTIFIED "Ex. nº H.C. unique SUR PAPIER JAPON, RÉSERVÉ… Read more about this item

Paris: J. Techener, 1849. The sale catalogue of the library of the Count (and General) Despinoy (1764-1848), who served under the ancien régime, under Napoleon, and afterwards. XLVII, 432 pp. 4,002 items fully described. Printed on good wove paper. SIGNED INSCRIPTION IN INK FROM JOSEPH TECHENER. Attractively bound in recent half pebbled morocco and… Read more about this item

Barcelona: Editorial Mediterrània, 1998. Two volumes, complete. The monumental catalogue raisonné of maps and views of Barcelona printed from 1572 to 1900. LXXII, 1093 pp. with 740 large high-quality color plates. Text in Spanish, Catalan, and English. Edition limited to 1000 sets. Large oblong folio (31 x 44 cm). Publisher's cloth, with a… Read more about this item

Ascoli Piceno: Tipografia di Luigi cardi, 1830. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this exhaustive bio-bibliographical work devoted to Ascoli Piceno. VIII, 304 pp. Beautifully printed on very fine wove paper. 4to. Bound in quarter calf and decorated boards. Sunning to spine, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Scarce.

Paris: Adolphe Labitte, 1878-1879. Two French book auction catalogues bound together. (1) The scarce catalogue of the French book collection of noted English bibliophile Robert S. Turner. This collection is important for the quality of the books it comprises, not the quantity. XV, 176 pp. 774 items precisely described. Priced throughout in… Read more about this item

Paris: Antonin Chossonery, 1885. FIRST EDITION of the second and final Ruggieri catalogue, a necessary supplement to the first (1873). Unlike the 1873 catalogue, however, this one has never been reprinted. Strong emphasis on fête books. LAID INTO THIS COPY, EXCEPTIONALLY, IS RUGGIERI'S ELEGANTLY PRE-PRINTED INVOICE FORM (for fireworks, of course) FROM THE EARLY 1880s, AN… Read more about this item

Paris: P. Rouquette, 1887. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS RARE AND IMPORTANT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PARISIAN MANNERS, MORALS, TRADITIONS, AND CUSTOMS. XX, 251 pp + 8 pp of publisher's ads. 1287 items described in great detail. Fully indexed. Edition limited to 500 copies, all printed on fine wove paper. 4to. UNCUT IN… Read more about this item

Paris: Merlin, 1830. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this early and important history of early printing in Spain and Portugal. 3, VIII, 67, 5 pp. Edition limited to 350 copies. Printed on good wove paper. 8vo (22 cm). UNCUT AND UNOPENED IN ORIGINAL WRAPS. Foxed (as always), some tears to extremities of wraps.… Read more about this item

Paris: L. Potier, 1864. The extremely rare catalogue of the art library of Pierre Deschamps. 3, 116 pp. 869 items. BUYERS AND PRICES NEATLY ANNOTATED THROUGHOUT IN A CONTEMPORARY HAND. Printed on fine wove paper. Large 8vo. Attractively bound in somewhat later cloth. Original wraps preserved. Binding a bit soiled, internally… Read more about this item

Paris, London, and Zurich: Fuchs, Henri Escher, and Orell & Fussli, 1797-1808. Nine volumes bound as five, complete. One of the great early attempts at a universal catalogue raisonné of prints. Includes an important introduction and extensive bibliographical notes on hundreds of artists. Volumes 1-2, German school; volumes 3-4, Italian school; volumes 5-6, Dutch and Flemish… Read more about this item