[Provence]. ROUARD (Étienne-Antoine). Notice sur la Bibliothèque d'Aix, dite de Méjanes; précédée d'un Essai sur l'histoire littéraire de cette ville, sus ses anciennes bibliothèques publiques, sur ses monuments. A Paris, chez Firmin Didot et Treuttel et Wurtz; Aix, chez Aubin, 1831. One volume in-8, fawn half-basane, smooth spine decorated (period binding). Title partly faded on spine. Portrait and 312 pp. Frontispiece portrait of M. de Méjanes after Houdon's Bust. After his death, the Marquis de Méjanes (1729 - 1786) bequeathed his prestigious book collections to the province of Provence. This donation was conditional on "the opening of a library in the city of Aix for the benefit of the public". His wish was fulfilled in November 1810.

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