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Les femmes bibliophiles; catalogue of a collection of books bound by famous binders for royal and distinguished ladies from Marguerite de Valois to the Empress Eugénie (1919)

J. Pearson & Co · London : J. Pearson & Co. · leaf 136

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Catalogue des livres dela bibliotheque de feu Madame la Marquise de Pompadour, dame du palais de la Reine,having been issued in 1765. Considering the richness of many of the bindings the sumrealized was small, totalling about 170,000 francs. For many years books from her Libraryhave been much…

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