Baron James de Rothshild

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09.12.2020 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 189 | Baron James de Rothshild
Baron James de Rothshild

Catalogue des Livres 1884-1920

ROTHSCHILD, Baron James de (1844-1881) -- Emile PICOT (1844-1918). Catalogue des Livres Composant la Bibliothéque de feu M. le Baron James de Rothschild. Paris: D. Morgand, 1884-1920.



Limited edition, number 127 of 400 copies. ‘One of the principal bibliographical reference works, especially for French fifteenth- and sixteenth-century books. It describes the unrivalled collection which, during his short life Baron James de Rothschild had built up with almost unlimited means at his disposal. Picot's detailed and erudite catalogue is exemplary. It also includes many important seventeenth-century books and some outstanding examples of the following century. It was bequeathed to the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris’ (Breslauer & Folter 135).



5 volumes, large octavo (245 x 165 mm). Numerous plates, many in colour, some folding. Contemporary red half morocco gilt. Provenance: Bernard Breslauer (sale Christie’s, Bibliotheca Bibliographica Breslaueriana, 22-23 March 2005, lot 416).

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