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Collection of works on history. 1/ - Mérimée, Prosper. Chronicle of the reign of Charles IX. Paris, É. Testard et Cie, 1889. In-4 bound in midnight blue half-maroquin with corners underlined by a double gilt fillet, spine ribbed and decorated with fleurons, title and head gilt - 322 pp., [1 f.]. Illustrated with 110 compositions by Édouard Toudouze. 2/ - Hamilton, Antoine. - Mémoires du Comte de Grammont. Paris, L. Conquet, 1888. In-4 bound in midnight blue half-maroquin with corners underlined by a double gilt fillet, spine ribbed and decorated with fleurons, title and head gilt - [2 ff.], XV, 372 pp. (last, errata, non ch.). Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author and 33 compositions by Charles Delort engraved with burin and etching by L. Boisson, including 11 h-t and 22 in-t. Limited edition of 700 numbered copies, this one of 500 on Marais wove paper (no. 395). 3/ - Peyre, Roger. - Napoléon Ier et son temps. Military history, internal government, letters, sciences and arts. Paris, Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1888. Fort in-4, bound in red half-chagrin with corners underlined by gilt fillet, spine ribbed with Napoleonic ornaments (eagle, bees, monogram), title and head gilt - [6 ff.], 886 pp. Illustrated with 13 plates in clrs, 431 engravings and photogravures and 21 maps or plans. 4/ - Dayot, Armand. - Napoléon raconté par l'image d'après les sculpteurs, les graveurs et les peintres. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1895. Fort in-4 bound in green half calf with corners underlined by a double gilt fillet, spine ribbed and decorated with the crowned monogram of Napoleon, title and head gilt - [2 ff.], IV, 498 pp., [1f.]. Illustrated with numerous reproductions and 23 h-t including the frontispiece. 5/ - De Witt (née Guizot). - Les Chroniques de J. Froissart... Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1881. Fort in-4 bound in green half-chagrin with corners underlined by a double gilt fillet, very ornate ribbed spine, gilt title and head (binding Ch. Magnier) - VII, 840 pp. Illustrated with 11 plates in chromolithography, 12 letters and titles in clrs, 2 maps 33 compositions printed in black and 252 engravings in-t.
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