Bibliography - rare books] - OSMONT, Jean-Baptiste-Louis - Dictionnaire typographique, historique et critique des livres rares, singuliers, estimés et recherchés en tous genres (...). Tome premier [- second]. Paris, Lacombe, 1768, 2 vol., 8vo, cont. mottled calf (corners rubbed, joints sl. rubbed), gilt spines on 5 raised bands (sl. rubbed, sm. def. at heads and tails), brown title labels, red edges, xij-515, [4]-456-[3] pp. (some min. foxing throughout). Good copy.
Interesting manual for the study of rare books in the 18th century, with printed values, by J.B.L. Osmont (1710-1773), early precursor of De Bure and Brunet. Ref. Besterman 909. Bigmore/Wyman II 96. Conlon 68:1265.
Bibliography - rare books] - OSMONT, Jean-Baptiste-Louis - Dictionnaire typographique, historique et critique des livres rares, singuliers, estimés et recherchés en tous genres (...). Tome premier [- second]. Paris, Lacombe, 1768, 2 vol., 8vo, cont. mottled calf (corners rubbed, joints sl. rubbed), gilt spines on 5 raised bands (sl. rubbed, sm. def. at heads and tails), brown title labels, red edges, xij-515, [4]-456-[3] pp. (some min. foxing throughout). Good copy.
Interesting manual for the study of rare books in the 18th century, with printed values, by J.B.L. Osmont (1710-1773), early precursor of De Bure and Brunet. Ref. Besterman 909. Bigmore/Wyman II 96. Conlon 68:1265.
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