OLD & RARE BOOKS -- LEMOINE, (P.C.) & (M.) BATTENEY. Practische Anweisung zur Diplomatik und zu einer guten Einrichtung der Archive. Aus dem Französischen (von J.G. Lederer). Nürnberg, G.N. Raspe, 1776-77. 2 in 1 vol. (8), 220; (4), 60 pp. W. 52 (fold.) engr. plates of MS specimens. 4º. Cont. blind tooled pigskin over wooden brds., w. raised bands, brown label & red edges. (Bind. a bit rubbed/warped, outer margin a bit brittle/dam. at the end, slightly browned). Pierre Camille Le Moine (17231800), an archivist at Toul Cathedral and then in Lyon was the author of the first printed French monograph entirely devoted to archives and archival management and description, the influential Diplomatique pratique (1765) which advocated the classification of documents by topics rather than in chronological order which had been the standard up until that time.
OLD & RARE BOOKS -- LEMOINE, (P.C.) & (M.) BATTENEY. Practische Anweisung zur Diplomatik und zu einer guten Einrichtung der Archive. Aus dem Französischen (von J.G. Lederer). Nürnberg, G.N. Raspe, 1776-77. 2 in 1 vol. (8), 220; (4), 60 pp. W. 52 (fold.) engr. plates of MS specimens. 4º. Cont. blind tooled pigskin over wooden brds., w. raised bands, brown label & red edges. (Bind. a bit rubbed/warped, outer margin a bit brittle/dam. at the end, slightly browned). Pierre Camille Le Moine (17231800), an archivist at Toul Cathedral and then in Lyon was the author of the first printed French monograph entirely devoted to archives and archival management and description, the influential Diplomatique pratique (1765) which advocated the classification of documents by topics rather than in chronological order which had been the standard up until that time.
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
