[Rarebooks] FS: 1777 priced catalog of a Lyon bookseller

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(BIBLIOGRAPHY) Los-Rios, Jean-Francois de. BIBLIOGRAPHIE INSTRUCTIVE: ou Notice de Quelques Livres Rares, Singuliers & Difficiles a Trouver, avec des Notes Historiques pour Connoitre & Distinguer les Differentes Editions, & Leur Valeur dans le Commerce. Avignon and Lyon: Francois Seguin and The Author. 1777. 8vo. xvi,207,(1)pp. Index. With the fine mezzotint portrait frontispiece of the author. Orig. vellum, rather soiled, but sound.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)

The author (1728-1820) was a bookseller in Lyon. This catalog contains 809 titles, with annotations and prices. The mezzotint portrait is usually not present. See the numerous OCLC records without mention of the portrait.

Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
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