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LACRETELLE (Ch.). HISTORY OF FRANCE during the eighteenth ce…
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LACRETELLE (Ch.). HISTORY OF FRANCE during the eighteenth ce…
See original version (French)
Estimate €60 - €80
Voluntary lot
Description
LACRETELLE (Ch.). HISTORY OF FRANCE during the eighteenth century. Paris: Buisson, 1812. Six volumes in 8½ format, in havana calfskin, with a smooth, compartmentalised and decorated spine, gilt title, mosaic volume number label, stained edges, and red paper covers (contemporary binding). Minor losses to two upper corners. THIRD EDITION, revised and corrected. Extensive general table of contents (pp. 305–407) at the end of the sixth and final volume – HÉNAULT (Charles Jean François, known as ‘le Président’). NEW CHRONOLOGICAL ABSTRACT OF THE HISTORY OF FRANCE, containing the events of our history from Clovis to Louis XIV, the wars, the battles, the sieges, &c. P., Prault, Desaint & Saillant, 1746. 12mo in garnet morocco, covers decorated with a triple gilt fillet and gilt metal fittings featuring a ‘seated cat’ in the corners, ribbed spine adorned with gilt metal fittings featuring a ‘seated cat’, gilded inner roulette, blue silk endpapers, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Slight cracks at the top joint, worn corners, leather missing from the edges, black stains on the covers, frayed silk endpapers. SECOND EDITION, revised, corrected and expanded, of this handbook which traces the history of France from Clovis to Louis XIV. The second part of the work is entirely devoted to the Bourbons. It is illustrated with 16 vignettes or culs-de-lampe by Cochin, engraved by Chedel, Cochin, Sornique and Soubeyran. ¶ Cohen, 482.ABREG
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