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TURNER, Robert Samuel (1818-1887). – Catalogue de livres rares et précieux imprimés et manuscripts. Paris: Adolphe Labitte, 1878. 8° (246 x 165mm). Half-title. (A few light spots.) Cloth by Lemardelby, partly uncut (spine sunfaded, lightly soiled). Provenance: unidentified armorial bookplate, with motto ‘Victor et Fidelis’ (engraved by Stern, on pastedown).
The sale contained 774 lots, which were sold over 5 days. A few books are priced in pencil in the margin. Turner was ‘an extremely refined collector of the Beckford type, a great connoisseur of French, Italian, and Spanish books’ (De Ricci). A portion of Turner's collection of rare French books was sold in Paris (12 March 1878).
The sale contained 774 lots, which were sold over 5 days. A few books are priced in pencil in the margin. Turner was ‘an extremely refined collector of the Beckford type, a great connoisseur of French, Italian, and Spanish books’ (De Ricci). A portion of Turner's collection of rare French books was sold in Paris (12 March 1878).
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