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SECOUSSE, Denis-François (1691-1754) -- Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de M. Secousse, avocat en Parlement...dont la Vente sera indiquée par Affiches. Paris: Barrois, 1755.
8o (199 x 122 mm). (Some minor marginal browning.) Late 18th-century vellum-backed boards.
Secousse was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and an editor of historical documents. He amassed a library of books on French history. At the auction, the majority of the library was purchased by Joseph Tauxier. Lonchamp and Olivier record that La Vallière also bought heavily at this sale. PRICED in a contemporary hand. Lonchamp I, p. 495; North 120; Olivier IV, p. 354; Taylor, p. 135.
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Secousse was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and an editor of historical documents. He amassed a library of books on French history. At the auction, the majority of the library was purchased by Joseph Tauxier. Lonchamp and Olivier record that La Vallière also bought heavily at this sale. PRICED in a contemporary hand. Lonchamp I, p. 495; North 120; Olivier IV, p. 354; Taylor, p. 135.