Notes: | The sale commenced on January 12, 1784, and continued to May 5. The manuscripts are described by M. van Praet. cf. Pref. The Catalogue of pt.2, the larger but less valuable portion, was comp. by J.L. Nyon and pub. in 6 vols., 1784; 2d edition, 1788. Sales of some of the Duke de La Vallière's books took place in 1767, 1772, 1777, and 1780. The 1767 catalog (in 2 vols.) was comp. by Guillaume François Debure; the 1772, 1777 and 1780 catalogs (each in 1 vol.) by Guillaume Debure, compiler of the present catalog. Vol. 3 bound with the author's Supplément a la premiere partie du Catalogue ... Paris, 1783. Prix de livres de la bibliotheque ... [Paris, 1784].
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