LIGNEROLLES (Raoul Léonor du Tranchant, comte de). Catalogue des Livres Rares et Précieux Manuscrits et Imprimés...1894

Paris: Charles Porquet, 5 Vols., including alphabetical table, royal 8vo (290 x 190 mm), and atlas folio 370 x 270 mm), large paper copy, atlas containing reproductions of bindings, title-pages, etc., cont. brown half calf, covers detached, uncut. The Comte de Lignerolles' passion for books bordered on Bibliomania, collecting in the classic French tradition of the 19th century as proposed by Brunet. The 5296 lots realized a total of 1,136,407 francs, well below the en bloc offer of 2 million francs the collector had refused. The index and price list were published for parts I-III only.