Jacob de Saint-Charles, Traicté des plus belles bibliotheques, Paris, 1644, eighteenth-century mottled calf

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (164 x 103 mm). Roman type with italic marginalia, 21 lines plus headline. collation: ā⁸ ē² A-3B⁸ 3C¹⁰: 404 leaves. Woodcut initials and headpieces, 2-page manuscript note in an early eighteenth-century hand inserted. (Minor marginal worming affecting a few quires.)

binding: Eighteenth-century brown mottled calf (170 x 115 mm), spine with 5 bands, red morocco title-piece in second compartment, other compartments with gilt decoration, edges red, marbled endpapers.

acquisition: Purchased in 1989 from Jonathan A. Hill, New York. references: USTC 6035314