FR EN
1 / 10
several old books are lined up on a wooden tablean old book with a picture of a man and a woman on itan open book with a picture of a man on ita book open on a table with a glass of winea book open on a table with a bottle of wine next to itan old book sitting on top of a white tablean old book sitting on top of a wooden table next to a wallseveral old books are stacked on a wooden table in a libraryseveral old books are stacked on top of each other on a tableseveral old books are stacked on a wooden table in a room
La passerelle des enchères

167 - 8973-1000 / ENT / ANSELME (Father).
See original version (French)

Estimate €1,000 - €1,500
Sale commission
Description
8973-1000 / ENT / ANSELME (Father). Genealogical and Chronological History of the Royal House of France, the Peers, Grand Officers of the Crown and the King’s Household... Third edition, revised, corrected and expanded by Fathers Ange and Simplicien. Paris, by the Compagnie des Libraires, 1726–1733. 9 folio volumes, brown calfskin with decorated raised bands (contemporary binding). First complete edition of this seminal work. Originally published in 1674, in 2 volumes, by Pierre de Guibours, known in religious life as Father Anselme de Sainte-Marie, the work was republished after his death by Caille du Fourny in 1712, again in two volumes, and finally completely revised and expanded by Father Ange de Sainte-Rosalie and Father Simplicien to form this present, definitive edition in nine volumes. Binding defects. Not collated. With the assistance of Edgard Daval. (estimate: €1,000–1,500)
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale A fine furniture auction (Live – Behind closed doors)
Auction location
Auction time 10/31/2026 at 2:30 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like