SALE CATALOG. - Lot 40

SALE CATALOG. Catalog of Books from the Library of Mr. SECOUSSE, Attorney at the Parliament, Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres, the sale of which will be announced by posters. Paris: Barrois, 1755. 8vo, brown calfskin, decorated ribbed spine, full-length coat of arms (contemporary binding). Binding damaged; lacks the 24-page supplement at the end, which is often missing. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE 18TH-CENTURY AUCTION CATALOG, which sold at auction the extensive library of the lawyer and academician Denis-François SECOUSSE (1691–1754). Printed by Didot, the catalog lists nearly 8,300 items, primarily on history and belles-lettres (table of contents at the beginning of the volume). A precious copy belonging to a bibliophile who attended the sale and carefully recorded all the hammer prices in the margins in brown ink.