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He was married five times. His first wife was
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214:"a collector of an essentially modern type. He bought autographs and historical portraits, as well as rare MSS. and good specimens of printing, and was careful to have his books well clothed in the fashionable painted binding."
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nobleman and book collector. He was the model for the "Marquis de
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