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JEANNE ANTOINETTE POISSON, MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR (1721-1764)
Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feue Madame la Marquise de Pompadour [sale catalogue]. Paris: Jean-Thomas Herissant père and Jean-Thomas Herissant fils, 1765. 8° (205 x 132mm). Half-title. Woodcut title vignette and head- and tailpieces. Cancellans slip announcing the withdrawal of 10 lots pasted onto b4v. (Variable light spotting or browning, a few gatherings unobtrusively wormed slightly affecting the text, neat marginal repairs on a few early leaves.) Early 20th-century half green morocco by Ferdinand Bakala, Vienna, the spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others trimmed (spine slightly darkened, a few minor scuffmarks).
FIRST EDITION. THE GOLDSCHMIDT COPY OF LA MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR'S SALE CATALOGUE. The catalogue lists 3,525 lots of books, 235 lots of musical scores and 36 lots of prints, from 'une collection très considérable d'environ 4.000 volumes dans tous les genres' (Olivier 2399).
Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feue Madame la Marquise de Pompadour [sale catalogue]. Paris: Jean-Thomas Herissant père and Jean-Thomas Herissant fils, 1765. 8° (205 x 132mm). Half-title. Woodcut title vignette and head- and tailpieces. Cancellans slip announcing the withdrawal of 10 lots pasted onto b4v. (Variable light spotting or browning, a few gatherings unobtrusively wormed slightly affecting the text, neat marginal repairs on a few early leaves.) Early 20th-century half green morocco by Ferdinand Bakala, Vienna, the spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, others trimmed (spine slightly darkened, a few minor scuffmarks).
FIRST EDITION. THE GOLDSCHMIDT COPY OF LA MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR'S SALE CATALOGUE. The catalogue lists 3,525 lots of books, 235 lots of musical scores and 36 lots of prints, from 'une collection très considérable d'environ 4.000 volumes dans tous les genres' (Olivier 2399).
Provenance
E.P. Goldschmidt (1887-1954, gilt monogram 'E.G.' on spine and ticket bearing shelfmark on lower pastedown, bound for Goldschmidt by Bakala with his inkstamp on upper pastedown), sale; Christie's, London, 8-9 July 1993, lot 570 (to Dreesmann)).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. Y-61).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. Y-61).
Special notice
Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 20.825% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €90,000. If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €90,000 then the premium for the lot is calculated at 20.825% of the first €90,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €90,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.