Books and Manuscripts · Lot 424

Bibliothèque Pilloni.

Pref. L. Venturi. Paris, Pierre Berès, 1957, no pagination, num. tipped-in (col.) plates, printed in 600 copies, orig. wr.

Un groupe de livres Pillone. Ibid., idem, sale cat. 67, n.d. (1975), num. (full-p.) (col.) ills., orig. wr. w. mounted col. plate. Foot, M.M. A Collection of Bookbindings. Vol.1. London, British Library, 1978, 1 vol. (of 3), 352p., num. plates, orig. gilt hmor., 4to.

AND 2 others, i.a. J. FURSTENBERG, La Grand Siècle en France et ses Bibliophiles. Volumes à Provenance, Manuscrits et Documents de la Fondation Furstenberg-Beaumesnil et de la Collection Jean et Eugénie Furstenberg (Hamb., 1972, w. 72 col. slides inserted, orig. cl., large 8vo),

Lot
424
Estimate
€70 – €90
Photos
1 photo

Condition

Sm. tear in upper margin of frontwr. Otherwise fine.

Notes

Rare catalogue for the Exposition, Paris, Librairie Pierre Berès, 18 juin-13 juillet 1957.

"Vol. I lists and groups together a number of previously unconnected bindings, it mentions some collectors whose bindings have been less well known (...)." (quoted from the Introduction p.10).

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