OAK KNOLL BOOKS

1. (Gumuchian) 14. MAN U­
SCRITS, IN CUNA BLE S,
BEAUX LIVRE S, EN TOUS
GENRE S. Paris: Gumuchian &
Cie, n.d., tall 8vo., stiff paper
wrappers. 300, (8) pages. $ 45.00
Catalogue XIV. Describes 675 items.
Illustrated. Text in French. With 48
separate plates. With many bindings
reproduced. From the reference library
of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a
commemorative booklabel loosely
inserted. Covers rubbed. [55219]
Bookbinding Sale Catalogue
2. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth) 14. QUATRE SIÈCLE S DE BIB ­
LIOPHILE. DU BERCEAU DE
L’IMPRIMERIE AU ROMANTISME.
Chart res: Librairie Sourget, 1996, 4to.,
cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 343, (4) pages. $ 75.00
Sumptuously produced catalogue XIV. Includes 150 entries
spanning all topics, accompanied by detailed descriptions,
photos of the beautifully-bound books and illustrations
from them, most full-page and in lavish color. Portrays maps
from l’Histoire de la Nouvelle France 1609), by Marc Lescarbot;
samples of the watercolor plants and flowers attributed to
Pierre-Joseph Garidel in Recueil des Plantes qui Naissent en
Provence (1705); beautiful color prints by Alexandre Louis
Joseph de Laborde in his Voyage Pittoresque en Autriche (1821–
1822). Price list inserted with prices in French francs and euros.
Small chip out of bottom of spine of dust jacket. [65542]
3. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth) 16. MANUSCRITS ENLU­
MINE S ET LIVRE S PRECIEUX 1250–1950. Chartres: Librairie
Sourget, 1997, 4to., cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 331+(1) pages.
$ 75.00
A remarkable bookseller’s catalogue (Sourget no. XVI) for 140 lots, from a
13th-century manuscript bible to a complete set of first editions of Proust’s A la
Recherche du Temps Perdu. Many full page color illustrations, with other smaller
illustrations in black-and-white. Entries may be quite extensive (up to 6 pages with
illustrations). A printed price list and an invitation to an exhibition at the Lib.
Sourget are loosely inserted. [52497]
4. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth) 20. QUATRE SIÈ­
CLE S DE PATRIMOINE BIBLIOPHI LIQUE,
1476–1922. Chartres: Librairie Sourget, 1999, 4to.,
cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 305, (2) pages. $ 75.00
Sumptuously produced catalogue XX. Includes 142 entries spanning
all topics, accompanied by detailed
descriptions, photos of the
beautifully-bound books and
illustrations from them, most fullpage
and in lavish color. Portrays
splendid illustrations of birds
from Les Oiseaux de Hollande (1770–
1829, by Cornelius Nozeman;
samples of delicate calligraphy
and ornamentation created by
Jean-Pierre Rousselet in his Prières
de la Messe (c. 1705); rich bindings
by Joseph Thouvenin, Derome le
Jeune, others. Price list inserted
with prices in French francs and
euros. [65512]
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5. (Sourget, Patrick et Élisabeth) 21. DE PHILIPPE
LE BEL À PROUST. Chartres: Librairie Sourget,
2000, 4to., cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 616+(1) pages. $ 75.00
Sumptuously produced presentation copy of catalogue XXI. Includes
251 entries on all topics, accompanied by detailed descriptions,
photos of the beautifully-bound books
and illustrations from them, most
being full-page and in lavish color.
First offering is a Parisian manuscript
on vellum in gothic calligraphy, (c.
1280), decorated with beautiful “C”
and “A” illuminated initials. Later
entries portray handsome watercolor
prints of fish species from Marcus
Elieser Bloch’s Ichtyologie, ou Histoire
Naturelle, Générale etParticulière des
Poissons (1785–1788). Also striking
botanical prints from Pierre-Joseph
Redouté, in both Les Jardins de la
Malmaison, (1803–1805) and from
Traité des Arbres et Arbustes (1852).
Several engraved maps in beautiful color from Abraham Ortelius’s
1584 atlas, printed in Antwerp by Plantin. Price list inserted, with
prices in French francs and euros. [65534]