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Title: Bibliothèque Anversoise (établie Grande Rue Goddaert , N°2) ouverte pour les abonnés...Catalogue des livres Français.
Description: Anvers (Antwerpen), Imprimerie de J.F. Engels, 1871, in-8°, 334 pp, contemporary half cloth (spine faded). Indexed. Bound in at the end a list of 7 pp of the books acquired in 1873-74 and pp.11-13 ''Vlaamsche Boeken''. A list of 12 pp, books acquired in 1875-76 (the library has now moved to Rue Chapelle de Grace N° 3) and 2 pp ''Vlaamsche Boeken''. A list of 8 pp (books of 1877-1878) and 4 pp ''Vlaamsche Boeken''. A list of 6 pp (books 1879-1880) and 3 pp Vl. boeken. A list 5 pp (books 1881-82) + 3 pp Vl. boeken. A list of 4 pp (books 1883) + 3 pp (Antwerpsche Leesbibliotheek. Vlaamsche boeken aangekocht in 1883). Loosely inserted a manuscript list with booktitles from the catalogue, bearing the name Mlle. Van Lerius. Rare well-made catalogue of a 19th century private lending library. The supplements (published between 1873 and 1883) give a good indication of the literay taste of that period and are also an indication of the shift from French to Dutch readership. The catalogue is extraordinarely well made. The books are catalogued according the subject (approx. 50). At the end their is complete title and author index. .

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Price: EUR 150.00 = appr. US$ 163.03 Seller: Antiquariaat Wim de Goeij
- Book number: 16683