Essai Historique Sur La Bibliotheque Du Roi, Et sur Chacun des Depots qui la Composent, avec la Descrption des batimens, & des Objets les Plus Curieux a voir dans cas Differens Depots.
Paris: Belin, 1782. Xxi, [III], 3720pp, small Roman & italic type (notes in a smaller size), woodcut headpiece. Contemporary gilt ruled autumn leaf calf, gilt bee design repeated on flat spine, blue leather spine label, marbled edges, joints cracked, top of spine rubbed. Paris: Belin, 1782. First Edition. Very good (+). The first study of the Bibliotheque Nationale, with the subsequently suppressed passages describing other Parisian libraries. The bulk of the text comprises an architecturally organized tour of the various..... More