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BRANCAS DE LAURAGUAIS, Louis Léon Félicité, Duc de (1733-1824) -- Guillaume DEBURE (1734-1820). Catalogue d'une collection de livres choisis, provenans du cabinet de M. ***. Paris: Guillaume Debure, fils aîné, 11 June 1770.
8o (217 x 140 mm). Contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt, marbled paper boards, uncut. Provenance: A.L. McLaughlin (bookplate).
PRICED in a contemporary hand. Sale catalogue of the library of the Duc de Brancas, known as Comte de Lauraguais, who devoted himself, after a military career, to literature, the arts, and science. DBF calls him "homme d'esprit et de bon sens, mais outrecuidant et amoral." Blogie II, col.11; Graesse II:71; North 199; Olivier VII, p.740.
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SANDRAS, Avocat en parlement. Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. Sandras, Avocat en Parlement, au nombre de dix mille volumes, la plupart rares & singuliers. Paris: François Didot for Jean-Baptiste Gogué, November 1771. PRICED in a contemporary hand. Apart from the information given on the title-page, no other biographical imformation on Sandras was avaialbe. Sandras' library comprised approximately 10,000 volumes, auctioned in 2,682 lots. North 211.
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PRICED in a contemporary hand. Sale catalogue of the library of the Duc de Brancas, known as Comte de Lauraguais, who devoted himself, after a military career, to literature, the arts, and science. DBF calls him "homme d'esprit et de bon sens, mais outrecuidant et amoral." Blogie II, col.11; Graesse II:71; North 199; Olivier VII, p.740.
[Bound with]:
SANDRAS, Avocat en parlement. Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu M. Sandras, Avocat en Parlement, au nombre de dix mille volumes, la plupart rares & singuliers. Paris: François Didot for Jean-Baptiste Gogué, November 1771. PRICED in a contemporary hand. Apart from the information given on the title-page, no other biographical imformation on Sandras was avaialbe. Sandras' library comprised approximately 10,000 volumes, auctioned in 2,682 lots. North 211.