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GUYON DE LA SARDIÈRE, Jean-Baptiste Denis (d. 1759) -- Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. J.B. Denis Guyon, Chev. Seigneur de Sardiere... Paris: Barrois, 1759.
8o (192 x 120 mm). Contemporary French polished calf, spine gilt, edges gilt (joints rubbed). Provenance: Méon collection (sale, Paris, 15 November 1803, lot 3,940); White Knights Library (sale, 1819, lot 1,845); Richard Heber (inscribed by him on flyleaf); Sir Thomas Phillipps (sale, Sotheby's, 24 March, 1949); A.N.L. Munby (bookplate); A.L. McLaughlin (bookplate, loosely inserted letter by Munby [signed "Tim"] presenting the catalogue to McLaughlin, his sale, Sotheby's Monaco, 7 October 1980, lot 1,898).
Catalogue of the extraordinary library of Guyon which was purchased en bloc before the sale by the Duc de La Vallière for 26,000 livres; the library was especially rich in French literature and history; many of the volumes came from the library of Diane de Poitiers (purchased by Guyon from the Château d'Anet in 1724). The catalogue offers detailed descriptions of forty-seven Guyon's manuscripts on pp. 6-32 of the introduction; there is a detailed index at end (pp. 271-312). North 149.
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Catalogue of the extraordinary library of Guyon which was purchased en bloc before the sale by the Duc de La Vallière for 26,000 livres; the library was especially rich in French literature and history; many of the volumes came from the library of Diane de Poitiers (purchased by Guyon from the Château d'Anet in 1724). The catalogue offers detailed descriptions of forty-seven Guyon's manuscripts on pp. 6-32 of the introduction; there is a detailed index at end (pp. 271-312). North 149.