LIBRARIES. - BARBIER (Antoine Alexandre). Catalog of the books of the Library of the Conseil d'Etat. Paris, Imprimerie de la République, year XI (1803). Two volumes in one folio, brick boards, letterpress title on the spine, untrimmed. First bibliographical work of Antoine-Alexandre Barbier. "There are only 190 copies of this catalog. The library was moved to the Château de Fontainebleau in 1897. In the following years, I formed a new library for the Conseil d'Etat". (Barbier I, 520). A copy with full margins on strong paper. Ex-libris Bibliotheca Io. Fontaine (partly torn off). Boards rubbed and soiled.

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