xii, 259, [1], 26pp. With an index of authors. Priced in a contemporary hand throughout.

[Bound with:] Prix des livres rares, dont la vente s'est faite le lundi 20 mars 1786, en l'une des salles de l'Hôtel de Bullion... [Paris], [s.n.], [1786]. 32pp, [4].

8vo. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, wear to head of spine and upper joint, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of James Rimington to FEP, fore- edge of leaf B4 of first mentioned work reinforced, short tear to leaf L6 (not touching text), scattered spotting, burn hole to final four leaves of second mentioned work, touching text without loss of sense.

A rare survival of the auction catalogue, annotated throughout with the prices achieved, of the extensive library of Michel-Louis Le Camus de Limare (1722- 1794). The library, considered one the most important of the late eighteenth century, was strong in early Italian and French printing, the majority finely bound, but is particularly significant for its extensive holdings in the fields of natural history and history of science. The collection was dispersed on 13th March, 1786, across 1,812 lots, with the Royal Library acquiring the lions share, totalling some 12,000 volumes. The present copy is bound with the rarely seen printed price list issued after the sale.