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Catalogue illustré des livres précieux manuscrits et imprimés faisant partie de la bibliothèque de Ambroise Firmin-Didot: PB 1878.2

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Titles

Catalogue illustré des livres précieux manuscrits et imprimés faisant partie de la bibliothèque de Ambroise Firmin-Didot

Maker(s)

Firmin-Didot, Ambroise
Contributor: Paris, Paulin
Compiler: Pawlowski, Gustave
Publisher: Firmin-Didot et cie

Categories

Description

Précédé d'une introduction par Paulin Paris... Vente à l'Hôtel des commissaires-priseurs ... par le Ministère de Me Maurice Delestre ... assisté de G. Pawlowski ... et de M. Adolphe Labitte.

Compiled by G. Pawlowsky, Didot's librarian. A catalog drawn up by Didot himself was issued in 1867 (only v. 1 was ever published)

6 v. : facsims. (part col.) ; 29 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • Paris

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Unknown

Dating

1878 CE - 1884 CE

Note

Tiré à 500 exemplaires.". Museum has no. 57 (vols. 1-4); no. 224 (v.5); vol. 6 is unnumbered. Half bound in maroon cloth with marbled paper sides; black leather label on spine, gold stamped.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1878.2
Primary reference Number: 98517
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 25 November 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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