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Ch. Boy, Saint-Étienne. 1893. 3 Vols., xv,[i blank],278; [vi],[281]-547,[9]; [vi],[1]-173,[1 blank]pp., limited to 150 copies printed on very heavy paper, dark brown suede liners and endleaves, later half brown crushed levant morocco, gold and marbled paper sides, uncut. This extraordinary collection of 4,399 printed books, maps, drawings and portraits, and 1,560 MSS is tantamount to a bibliography of Le Forez, a district of high mountains and plains, now forming part of the Department of the Loire, in Central France. The printed books were catalogued by Maissiat, the MSS by Guély; an introduction, by J.-B. Galley, although bestowing high praise on the collector, provides no biographical information on him. The library was acquired for the Public Library of the city of Saint-Étienne which appears to have undertaken the catalogue. From the library of Bernard Breslauer, New York. |
