Bibliothèque universelle des romans ... ouvrage périodique, Paris: 1775-89, 1798-1803. 161 volumes only (of 168), 12° (later vols. affected by damp), contemporary calf-backed boards, spines with red morocco lettering-pieces and decorated in gilt (a few labels torn). Brunet I, 934.

细节

Bibliothèque universelle des romans ... ouvrage périodique, Paris: 1775-89, 1798-1803. 161 volumes only (of 168), 12° (later vols. affected by damp), contemporary calf-backed boards, spines with red morocco lettering-pieces and decorated in gilt (a few labels torn). Brunet I, 934.
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拍场告示

The dates of publication should read July 1775-June 1787, not 1789, and from 1799-1804, not 1798-1803. The total number of volumes is 151, not 161.

拍品专文

Publication of this literary periodical was interrupted in 1789, and revived in "an VI" (1798), continuing a further 7 years up to 1805.