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Esmerian – Bibliothèque Raphael Esmerian. Part I: Manuscrits à Peintures / Livres des XV^e et XVI^e Siècles. Preface by Jacques Guignard. Catalog of the auction. 126 lots. Paris, Palais Galliera, 1972. 4to. 5 ll., 191 pp. With c. 110 (101 – 21 of which colored and mounted – full-paged) ills. Orig. cloth with gilt collector’s mark on front cover.

Reliures ornées et mosaiquées, certaines aux Armes de François I^er, Henri II, Catherine de Médicis, Diane de Poitiers, Charles IX, Henri III, Henri IV, J. Grolier, J. A. de Thou, T. Mahieu, M. Fugger, P. Duodo, J.-B. Grimaldi Prince de Monaco etc. – The collection especially by its

marvelous  bindings

so exceedingly splendid presented here in the adequate luxury edition of its profoundly documented catalog of virtually absolute freshness. – Title in red & black. – With index.
Offer no. 11,556 / EUR  189. (c. US$ 265.) + shipping