Catalogue of an amateur's collection of fine-art and illustrated works

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1869 edition. Excerpt: ...Gold and Silver work, and other articles of virtu, with Views of Chateaux, Fortresses, Palaces, Interiors, etc., all forming an almost inexhausti-ble series of pictures of life, manners, and taste, during the middle ages. 150 Voltaire. (M. De.) Ceuvres, avec Avertissements et des Notes par Condorcet, etc. With brilliant impressions of the numerous fine engravings by Moreati, etc. 70 vols., royal 8vo., calf, gilt leaves. $150 00. De VImprimerie de la Societe Litteraire et Typographique. Large Paper. A magnificent copy. Kehl, 1785-89 "This famous edition of Beaumarchais eclipsed every thing of its kind on a similar scale of magnitude." "Beaumarchais began with buying the whole of Baskerville's types, punches, and matrices. He re-established ruined paper mills in the Vosges, about fifteen miles from Kehl; was nice to excess in the paper to be manufactured, and employed the most knowing workmen engaged in the manufacture of Dutch paper. His printing office and establishment were immense. Many millions of livres were expended, and the ultimate loss of a million was the result of his vast project."--Dibdin. "Cette Edition celebre 6tait la plus complete, la plus belle et la roieux ordonnee qui eut paru jusqu'alors des oeuvres de Voltaire; on y a donne pour la premiere fois la volumineuse correspondance de l'auteur, ainsi que plusieurs pieces de théatre et autres mor-ceaux curieux qui Staient rested indites."--Brunet. 151 Galerie Des Peintbes Flamands, Hollandais, et Allemands; ouvrage enrichi de 201 planches, gravees d'apres les meilleura tableaux de ces maitres, par les plus habilcs artistes de France, de Hollande, et d'AUemagne, par J. P. B. Lebrun, 3 vols., large folio, 201 heautiful engravings after...