Beschreibung
7 vols, library buckram (bound by Wood & Sloane of Liverpool), original printed wrappers not retained, gilt spine-titles, all edges marbled, 8vo, see listing for paginations. The first seven series of this distinguished French journal (which is the oldest surviving publication of its kind), offering a fascinating window into French bookselling and book-collecting in the 1830s and 1840s. . The Bulletin du Bibliophile was founded in 1834 by the bookseller Jacques-Joseph Techener and the writer Charles Nodier. Among the distinguished contributors to the first volume were Jacques-Charles Brunet, Georges Duplessis, Jean-Michel Constant Leber and Gabriel Peignot. Each issue includes a listing of works offered for sale by Techener and one or more articles of interest to book collectors, correspondence, etc. From the prospectus "Les ouvrages nouveaux, en toutes langues, qui auront rapport à l'art de l'imprimerie, à la reliure et à la décoration des livres, aux procédés à employer pour les conserver et les restaurer-, à la calligraphie , à la diplomatique, à la haute grammaire et à la philologie, seront en particulier exactement analysés, ou même traduits par extraits , avec des développemens proportionnés à leur importance." The set comprises Vol. I: Series 1,1834-5, 24 issues, 2378 items for sale, issues separately paginated; Vol. 2: Series 2, 136-7, 20 issues, 1834 items for sale, 638 pp; Vol. 3: Series 3, 138-9, 20 issues, 2493 items for sale, 1093 pp; Vol.4: Series 4, 1840-1, 20 issues, 1727 items for sale, 950 pp; Vol. 5: Series 5, 1842, 10 issues, 828 items for sale, 484 pp, 10 plates (several folding); Vol. 6: Series 6, 1843-4, 24 issues, 1781 items for sale, 1282 pp, 4 plates; Vol 7: Series 7 (part only), 7 issues, 606 items for sale, 324 pp, plates. Classification number and 'Athenaeum' in gilt on spine, small stamp of 'Athenaeum Library, Liverpool' at feet of title-pages and sectional title-pages, vols 2-6 with Library bookplates recording the presentation of the volumes to the library by the distinguished bibliographer E. Gordon Duff, otherwise Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-58175
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