Pedigree Antiquarian Books: Announcing Several Gems!
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This collection of antique books from the library of the Ducs de Montmorency is largely given over to manuscripts, remarkable bookbinding skills and the French coat of arms. Erasmus (c. 1467-1636), L’Éducation d’un prince chrétien, French translation of Institutio principis christiani, illuminated manuscript, later binding in olive morocco with the coat of arms of Louis-Joseph de Bourbon-Condé, Prince de Condé (1736-1818).Estimate: €40,000/50,000 Assembled through an erudite family’s love of antique books, this library contains various treasures that have come from the collections of the Ducs de Montmorency and, through marriages and descendants, the Baron de Breteuil. The quality of the bindings rivals the
