SALES CATALOGUE. - Catalogue of books, prints,... - Lot 209 - Giquello

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SALES CATALOGUE. - Catalogue of books, prints,... - Lot 209 - Giquello
SALES CATALOGUE. - Catalogue of books, prints, and engraved plates, of the Library of the Palace of the late H.R.H. Duke Charles-Alexandre de Lorraine and Bar, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, & Governor General of the Netherlands, &c. &c. &c. Brussels, Jos. Ermens, n.d. [1781]. In-12, brown half calf with corners, smooth spine decorated, red title coin, yellow edges (contemporary binding). Original edition. The library catalogue and print collection of this prince, who was the brother-in-law of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, who was born in Lunéville in 1712 and died in the castle of Tervueren in 1780, describes no less than 3350 lots for the works and 400 for the prints. This sale was one of the most important in Belgium in the 18th century. It should be noted that the Disclaimer serves mainly as general conditions of sale: Three months' credit will be granted to all persons whose faculties are known, or who give a guarantee, when the sum of the purchases amounts to five guilders [...]. The Sale will begin [curiously!] with No. 197 on page 18, & we will go down to No. 1 on page 1, after which we will return to No. 198, & we will follow the order of the Catalogue for the rest. Back and corners redone.
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