Charles Augustin de Sainte-Beuve

The sale catalogue is composed of two volumes, respectively containing 1009 and 805 descriptions, each numbered in continuous succession. The books are divided, in the tradition of Paris booksellers, into 5 classes: Théologie (nos. 1-50 / 1-42), Jurisprudence (nos. 43-48, this class is present only in the seconde partie), Sciences et arts (nos. 51-135 / 49-116), Belles-Lettres (nos. 136-762 / 117-475), Histoire (nos. 763-1009 / 476-805), further divided into subclasses. The classification method is explained in the Table des divisions, included at the end of the Première partie alone, the index of the names is missing; an essay by Scherer Publisher about La bibliothèque de Sainte-Beuve precedes the Première partie.