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LAIRE, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER. Index Librorum ab Inventa Typographia ad annum 1500...Prima[-Second] Pars. Sens, 1791--Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliotheque de M***...Tome III. Paris, 1792. Together, 3 parts bound in 2 volumes, 8vo, later half calf, front joint cracked in second volume. PRICED in a contemporary hand, ruled in red. (2)

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LAIRE, FRANÇOIS-XAVIER. Index Librorum ab Inventa Typographia ad annum 1500...Prima[-Second] Pars. Sens, 1791--Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliotheque de M***...Tome III. Paris, 1792. Together, 3 parts bound in 2 volumes, 8vo, later half calf, front joint cracked in second volume. PRICED in a contemporary hand, ruled in red. (2)

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Catalogue of the incunabula in the library of Cardinal Loménie-Brienne (1727-94), compiled by his librarian Laire (1739-1800), who was considered one of the most learned bibliographers in France during the 18th century.
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