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mei/00212120 Auct. O 5.35.
[00212120]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Auct. O 5.35.
ISTC No.is00056000
AuthorSallustius Crispus, Gaius
TitleOpera
ImprintVenice : Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 23 Mar. 1474
Provenance nameRenouard, Antoine Augustin (1765-1853) (Unknown) collector and bookseller; see Mellot–Queval no. 3205; sale of incunabula (London: Evans, 26 Apr. 1830); at the sale, Payne and Foss bought 21 items for the Bodleian Library; for the commission see Library Bills (1829-33), no. 188, for the bill, no. 190-1; other Renouard items had already been acquired from Payne and Foss's catalogue of Feb. 1830; see his Catalogue de la bibliothèque d'un amateur (Paris, 1819), 4 vols; Catalogue d'une précieuse collection de livres, manuscrits, autographes... composant actuellement la bibliothèque de M.A.A.R. (Paris, 1853); Catalogue des livres imprimés par J. B. Bodoni, qui se trouvent chez Ant. Aug. Renouard (Paris, 1794); Michaud XXXV 437-8.
NoteAntoine Augustin Renouard (1765-1853); sale (1830), lot 1053.
Provenance nameRenouard, Antoine Augustin (1765-1853) (Unknown) collector and bookseller; see Mellot–Queval no. 3205; sale of incunabula (London: Evans, 26 Apr. 1830); at the sale, Payne and Foss bought 21 items for the Bodleian Library; for the commission see Library Bills (1829-33), no. 188, for the bill, no. 190-1; other Renouard items had already been acquired from Payne and Foss's catalogue of Feb. 1830; see his Catalogue de la bibliothèque d'un amateur (Paris, 1819), 4 vols; Catalogue d'une précieuse collection de livres, manuscrits, autographes... composant actuellement la bibliothèque de M.A.A.R. (Paris, 1853); Catalogue des livres imprimés par J. B. Bodoni, qui se trouvent chez Ant. Aug. Renouard (Paris, 1794); Michaud XXXV 437-8.
NoteAntoine Augustin Renouard (1765-1853); sale (1830), lot 1053.