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103 - [PARIS]. 3 volumes.
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Estimate €80 - €120
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[PARIS]. 3 volumes. - MAROLLES (Michel de). Paris, or A Description of this City. Introduction and notes by Abbé Valentin Dufour. Paris, Quantin, 1879, in-8, 3ff.-XIV-379pp.-2ff.- Portrait. Ivory-coloured Bradel vellum with flaps, red headband, untrimmed, front cover preserved. - One of 300 copies on Holland paper, following 30 on China paper. Interior very fresh, spine rubbed (Collection of Old Descriptions of Paris). Edition printed in a run of 330 copies. Etched portrait. Michel de Marolles (1600–1681), a native of Tours, was appointed abbot of Beaugerai at the age of nine. He translated almost all the Latin authors. This collection of verses on Paris and its inhabitants was published in 1677. - MAQUET (Auguste). Paris under Louis XIV. Monuments and Views. Paris, Laplace & Sanchez, 1883, in-4, 2ff.-III-346pp. Engraved frontispiece and numerous reproductions of historical documents, both in the text and 10 full-page illustrations. Cherry-coloured half-maroquin, corners, ribbed spine, finely decorated panels, gilt head, untrimmed, original vellum paper cover preserved. (Krafft). - One of 50 copies on Japon paper, the only large-format edition. Very fresh and well bound. - DECLOUX and DOURY. An Archaeological, Descriptive and Illustrative History of the Sainte-Chapelle at the Palace. Paris, Morel, 1865, folio, 2ff.–48 pp.–25 plates. Red half-shagreen, decorated ribbed spine, gilt head. (Contemporary binding). - Very faint discolouration on the title page, a few foxing spots on the last plates, hinges very slightly rubbed; the rest is in fresh condition. Second edition, 20 chromolithographs by Sanier, Walter and Beau, with particularly vivid colours and gold highlights. The last 5 plates are elevations, a general view and a plan, drawn by Adams and taken from *Chine appliqué*. All plates are mounted on tabs.
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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