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NAUDÉ, Gabriel (1600-53). Advis pour dresser une bibliothèque. Présenté à Monseigneur le Président de Mesme. Paris: Rolet le Duc, 1644.
2 works in 3 parts in 2 volumes, 8o (159 x 97 mm). Contemporary calf (some rubbing to spines).
SECOND EDITION of the modern classic on book collecting and librarianship, "le premier traité de bibliothéconomie qui ait été imprimé en France" (Henri-Jean Martin, "Classements et conjonctures," in: Histoire de l'édition française I, p. 439), a worthy successor to Richard de Bury's Philobiblon, whose influence dominated all French book collectors before the rise of "haute bibliophilie" in the 18th century. Naudé was librarian to Henri de Mesmes, president of the Paris parliament, to whom he dedicated his Advis, and later to Richelieu, Mazarin and Queen Christina of Sweden. He "advised collectors to buy on all subjects, taking pains to seek out the best commentaries and critical editions; the contents were all-important, and nothing was to be bought on account of its antiquity, appearance, or associations" (Hobson, Great Libraries p.14).
[Bound with:]
JACOB, Louis de Saint Charles. Traicté des plus belles bibliotheques publiques et particulieres. Paris: Rolet le Duc 1644. Brunet III:478. (2)
2 works in 3 parts in 2 volumes, 8
SECOND EDITION of the modern classic on book collecting and librarianship, "le premier traité de bibliothéconomie qui ait été imprimé en France" (Henri-Jean Martin, "Classements et conjonctures," in: Histoire de l'édition française I, p. 439), a worthy successor to Richard de Bury's Philobiblon, whose influence dominated all French book collectors before the rise of "haute bibliophilie" in the 18th century. Naudé was librarian to Henri de Mesmes, president of the Paris parliament, to whom he dedicated his Advis, and later to Richelieu, Mazarin and Queen Christina of Sweden. He "advised collectors to buy on all subjects, taking pains to seek out the best commentaries and critical editions; the contents were all-important, and nothing was to be bought on account of its antiquity, appearance, or associations" (Hobson, Great Libraries p.14).
[Bound with:]
JACOB, Louis de Saint Charles. Traicté des plus belles bibliotheques publiques et particulieres. Paris: Rolet le Duc 1644. Brunet III:478. (2)