Paul-Henri Thiry d'Holbach

The sale catalogue drawn up at the death of D’Holbach, preceded by an Avertissement, lists 2,777 descriptions numbered continuously, divided in five classes according to the traditional scheme of the Parisian book sellers: Théologie (nos. 1-260), Jurisprudence (nos. 261-341), Sciences et arts (nos. 342-1023), Belles lettres (nos. 1024-1860), Histoire (nos. 1861-2777), further divided into subclasses. This is followed by a Catalogue des livres allemands, listing 179 descriptions numbered continuously, also divided in five classes: Théologie (nos. 1-8), Jurisprudence (nos. 9-12), Sciences et arts (nos. 13-107), Belles lettres (nos. 108-119), Histoire (nos. 120-179). The index of names and a summary table of the classification scheme are missing. There is also an anastatic publication of the sale catalogue of D’Holbach’s library: Catalogue des livres de la Bibliothéque