Catalogue des livres rares et précieux, au nombre de 14435 lots, de la bibliothèque de feu Monsieur Jean-François Vande Velde [...], rédigé d'après le catalogue manuscrit du défunt, par Mr. P.F. de Goesin-Verhaeghe.

2 vol., 8vo: [2]-8-[4]-viij-592 pp., [2]-xiv-716 pp. (paper browned and sl. spotted).

Sewn (spine vol. 2 wholly strengthened with black tape). Good, uncut copy.

Auction catalogue of one of the most important 19th-c. collections, Jan-Frans Vande Velde (1743-1823), librarian of Louvain University. The collection, auctioned in Ghent in 1833 during 7 weeks, contained up to 450 incunables and 1300 manuscripts, many from dissolved convents. Our copy without the supplement and price list in vol. II. Ref. Blogie I:83. Prov. "Verzameling JB Vervliet 19 dec. 1961" (ownership entry in vol. I).