Wednesday 29 October 2014

The Colbert Libraries (Midweek Miscellany 3)

The "Histoire de la Bibliophilie" blog has recently posted about the libraries of the various members of the Colbert family, including a family tree; portraits of, and biographical information about, the key individuals; discussions of their auction catalogues; and images of their binding-stamps, including these:
The JBC monogram of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–83)
The arms of Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–83) 
The arms of Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (d.1707), as abbot of Bec-Helouin
The arms of Jacques-Nicolas Colbert (d.1707), as archbishop of Rouen
The arms of Charles-Joachim Colbert (1667–1738), bishop of Montpellier
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