He began his bibliographical career by the preparation of several auction catalogues, notable examples being that of the Count d'Ourches (Paris, 1811) and an 1802 supplement to the 1790 Dictionnaire bibliographique de livres rares of Duclos and Cailleau.
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Brunet published successive editions of the dictionary, which rapidly came to be recognized as the first book of its class in European literature.
The publisher's name would be printed on the left side of the card; the author across the top; and the subject of the work, using a modified form of the classification system developed by Jacques Charles Brunet, along the right-hand edge.
Charles Darwin | Charles Dickens | Charles, Prince of Wales | Ray Charles | Charles II of England | Charles I of England | Charles Lindbergh | Charles de Gaulle | Charles II | Charles | Charles I | Prince Charles | Charles V | Jacques Chirac | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Charles Scribner's Sons | Charles Aznavour | Jacques Offenbach | Jacques-Louis David | Charles University in Prague | Charles Stanley | Jacques Brel | Charles Bukowski | Charles Mingus | Charles Ives | Jacques Lacan | Charles Bronson | Charles Babbage | Charles III of Spain | Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis |