Charavay m e hotel drouot (1 risultati)

2 vols in 1, contemporary quarter-morocco and marbled boards with green corner-tips, marbled endpapers, 4to, iv, 184, vii, [1]; [v]-x, [1], [185]- 488, xvii, [2] pp, numerous facsimiles, plates, ills. Lots 1-502 and 503-1337 Includes the first six of a total of twelve series (the remaining six, not present here, being VII .Artistes DramatiquesVIII. Peintres, sculpteurs, architectes et graveurs. IX. Compositeurs de musique. X. Chanteurs et cantatrices. XI. Huguenots. XII. Femmes). From Simon Gratz's 'A Book About Autographs': 'One of the best collections that ever fell under the hammer of the auctioneer was that of Alfred Bovet, which was sold in Paris in 1887. The catalogue - prepared by Etienne Charavay, with a very interesting preface - is an unusually handsome 4to volume . with hundreds of fac-similes. . M. Bovet commenced the formation of this collection in the year 1869; and the earnestness and enthusiasm with which he devoted himself to the pursuit of his hobby are shown by the fact that in nineteen years he had acquired this splendid aggregation of letters and documents, many of which had previously been in the noted collections of Chambry, Trémont, Dubrunfaut, Fillon, and Sensier." Etienne Charavay discusses at great length the excellence of Bovet's collection (and of his own catalogue of it) in his 'La science des autographes : essai critique.' Covers rubbed and scuffed, head of spine slightly torn and some edge-wear to boards, minor edge-loss to front free endpaper and upper fore-edge corner of flyleaf torn away,endpapers browned, contents mildly agetoned.…