SALE CATALOG. - Catalog of the books of the cabinet of M. de Boze. Paris, Martin, Guérin & Delatour, 1753. In-8, fawn half-calf, old title page, red speckled edges (Binding of the period). Catalog of the library of the scholar, numismatist and great bibliophile Claude Gros de Boze (1680-1753), composed of about 2700 works, a large part of which is devoted to history. It is decorated with a vignette at the head engraved in intaglio by Moitte after Edme Bouchardon. Prices noted in pen. Some spotting, hole or worm gallery in the bottom of the quires in the second half of the volume, not serious. Modern spine.

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