Large collection of 17 French auction catalogues, with ms. prices.

8vo and 4to.

Uniformly bound in grey cloth. Good set.

Important collection of Paris auction catalogues of French book collectors. Each catalogue has all the prices ms. written next to each lot, and mostly also the total of the sale. I.a. Leboeuf de Montgermont (1876), Louis Garnier (1912, 2 parts (books & prints) in 1 vol., with prices), Alphonse Willems (1914), Baron de Bethmann (1923, 5 parts in 1 vol.), Georges-Emmanuel Lang (1925, 2 parts in 1 vol., some buyers' names, i.a. Sacha Guitry), Charles Torley (1928), Franz Bemelmans (1931), R. Schuhmann (1931), Barbet (1932, 2 parts in 1 vol.), Émile Brouwet: "Napoléon et son temps" (1934-1935, 5 parts in 1 vol.), Lucien Gougy (1934, 5 parts in 2 vol.), Un amateur (Blaizot, 1935, 2 parts in 1 vol.), Gabriel Thomas (1936), Th. Belin (1936, 2 vol.), Paul Voûte (1938).
Joined: 6 more Paris auction catalogues without ms. prices, i.a. Leber (1839, 3 vol.), Louis Perreau de Dijon (1885, 4 parts in 1 vol.) [bound with] Gustave Chartener de Metz (1885, part I, all prices for the printed books), E. Renevey (1924, part I), Descamps-Scrive (1925, 2 vol.). (27 vol.)