18        BERRY, Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de (1798-1870) – Catalogue de la riche bibliothèque de Rosny. 8° (240x152 mm). VIII, 264 pp. With three plates of facsimiles and an engraved vignette on title with coat of arms of the duchesse de Berry. Contemporary Bradel binding of water green moiré paper by Simier, gilt coat of arms in the centre of the first cover and crowned monogram in the centre of the second, smooth spine with gilt lettering and fillets, untrimmed. Edges and corners slightly rubbed. Paris, Bossange père, Techener, Bataillard, [1837].                                                                                                                                          

 Fine copy in a binding with the coat of arms and the monogram of the Duchess of Berry, executed by René Simier, her official bookbinder.

The library of the château de Rosny-sur-Seine, summer residence of the duchess of Berry, was formed with the help of André Osmond, conservateur at the Bibliothèque Mazarine. It was dispersed in twenty-eight sessions, from 20 February to 23 March 1837, in a room in the Bossange gallery. The rich collections of the Duchess of Berry included manuscripts from the 6th century onwards, unique copies of precious works, autograph letters, as well as ancient arms and armour from the Duke of Sully's collection, engravings and medals, antiquities from excavations at Pompeii, etc. The engraved coat of arms of the duchesse de Berry on the title is accompanied by this note: All the books are, in general, richly bound, with the arms as below, or with the crowned monogram of Madame la duchesse de Berry.

Provenance: Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, duchesse de Berry.
References: Blogie, II, 45.

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