This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...date (1505), small 80, bound, in old morocco. Thirteen hundred and fifty francs. One of two known copies on vellum. Successively sold for: La Valliere, fifty-one francs; Heber, seven pounds seventeen and sixpence sterling; and Brunet, a thousand and fifty francs. The other copy was bought in 1816 for a hundred ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...date (1505), small 80, bound, in old morocco. Thirteen hundred and fifty francs. One of two known copies on vellum. Successively sold for: La Valliere, fifty-one francs; Heber, seven pounds seventeen and sixpence sterling; and Brunet, a thousand and fifty francs. The other copy was bought in 1816 for a hundred and eighty-five francs at the MacCarthy sale, by Renouard, who catalogued1 it without noticing that it had belonged to Diana of Poitiers. This valuable book is now in the Duke d'Aumale's library. Gringore, Heures De Notre Dame 1 See Viollet-le-Duc's "Bibliotheque poetique," vol. 1, p. 127.!" Danse des Morts," Rouen, 1852, plate 38. "Catalogue des Livres sur velin," vol. 4. TRANSLATEES EN FRANCOIS. Paris, without date, 40, bound in morocco by Ni6dree. Nineteen hundred and fifty francs. Only one other copy on paper is known--one belonging to Baron James de Rothschild. A note to Lot 185, in the Didot catalogue, gives interesting details concerning this valuable book. A copy of the same edition, on vellum, in contemporary black calf binding, fourteen hundred francs. The first four leaves are wanted in this copy, which explains the relatively low price obtained by this probably unique volume. Mr. Didot also had the second edition of the " Heures" in question. The catalogue, Lot 187, fully describes this volume, which, in a contemporary black calf binding, sold for two thousand two hundred francs. Labuze En Court (by Rene of Anjou, King of Sicily). Without place or date, 40, thirty-four leaves, bound in morocco by 1 "Catalogue," vol. 3, p. 8. Hagu6. Nineteen hundred francs. Undescribed edition. There are several other editions, printed prior to 1500, which are of extreme rarity. Two of them were...
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