Collection containing ± 45 pieces relating to the business of books in Paris.

4to.

Bound together in 18th-c. reused parchment documents.

Rare and important corpus of documents relating to the Parisian book market during the First French Empire: price catalogues, stock and/or fund catalogues, prospectus, etc. Some names: Firmin Didot, J. Carez et Thomine, Pierre Blanchard, Le Prieur, S. C. l'Huillier, Librairie de Saint Michel et Beaucé, Le Prieur, J. B. Garnery, Amable Costes, Genets, Janet, etc. This collection offers a goldmine of information on the Parisian business of books, and it allows to examine questions on the distribution and ownership of books.