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351 - [History] Set of 5 bound volumes: - LAYA.
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[History] Set of 5 bound volumes: - LAYA. Historical studies on the private, political and literary life of M. A. THIERS. A History of Fifteen Years: 1830–1846. 1846, 2 bound volumes, original browned cover preserved. Two frontispieces engraved by Daubigny (Thiers’s house and study), with additional engravings. Followed by: “Le Cabinet de M. Thiers” by Ch. Blanc (1871) and “Thiers as a law student, his relations with the Academy of Aix” (1900). / - PROYART. Louis XVI Dethroned Before Becoming King, or An Account of the Causes Leading to the French Revolution, and the Shaking of All Thrones. Forming an integral part of a Life of Louis XVI to follow. London, 1800, bound in full sheepskin, corners worn. / - The Benefits of Louis XVI, a treatise written before 1787, the publication of which he had forbidden: preceded by a preface relevant to current circumstances and setting out the origins of this work, followed by a letter (...), and finally accompanied by a letter written to the Queen, on 25 June 1791, upon his arrival in Paris following his return from Varennes; a letter whose principles will be adopted by all sovereigns when they wish for humanity to cease conspiring against the thrones. Sent to the National Convention, to be appended to Louis XVI’s first defence. Paris, Cuchet, 1793, worn binding, crude repairs to the spine, first edition. Bound together with: “Letter to the author of *L’Ami des Loix* [Laya] concerning a decree by the Commune which suspended his play”. / - by PRADT. History of the Embassy in the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in 1812. 1815 (4th edition), worn binding. Appraiser: Cabinet Valleriaux [email protected]
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About the sale A splendid summer sale: gold jewellery and works of art.
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Auction time 07/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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