1 / 4
a book with a picture of a man riding a horsea book that is sitting on top of a tablethree books sitting on top of each other on top of a tabledrawing of a group of men standing next to each other on a field
MILLON

390 - TOUDOUZE (Édouard) & MÉRIMÉE (Prosper).
See original version (French)

Estimate €40 - €60
Sale commission
Description
TOUDOUZE (Édouard) & MÉRIMÉE (Prosper). Chronicle of the Reign of Charles IX. Paris, Testard et Cie, 1889. Quarto, paperback, with a printed, embossed illustrated cover, housed in a grey percaline cardboard slipcase with laces and a gilt title, and the subsequent volumes each housed in a grey percaline cardboard slipcase with laces, all within a shared green half-morocco slipcase and a shared case with flaps. 110 original full-page illustrations by G. TOUDOUZE and 8 insert plates. A deluxe edition of 100 numbered copies; No. 81 of 25 on extra-strong China paper, with (inside a second grey percaline folder) a set of illustrations on China paper and a set of the 8 engravings by Abbot after Toudouze in 4 states on mounted China paper. (Vicaire, V, 708.) A fine copy despite some very slight foxing.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale Bibliophilia (sale without a live event)
Auction location
Auction time 09/09/2026 at 1:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like