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195 - DESORMEAUX (Joseph L. Ripault).
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Estimate €120 - €150

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DESORMEAUX (Joseph L. Ripault). History of the House of Montmorenci. Paris, Desaint & Saillant, Duchesne, 1764, 5 volumes in-12, 3 unnumbered folios – 408 pp. - 2 unnumbered leaves – 448 pp. - 2 unnumbered leaves – 464 pp. - 2 unnumbered leaves – 444 pp. - 2 unnumbered leaves – 442 pp. – 1 leaf. Contemporary bindings in marbled fawn calfskin, ribbed spines, decorated panels, title and volume number labels, red edges. – Handwritten ex-libris on the title pages: de Barqueville. A tear, previously repaired, on the half-title page of Volume II. Otherwise a fine copy. First edition. Volume I contains the genealogy of the House and its history from the year 960 to 1531; Volume II contains the lives of Constable Anne and François; Volume III gives the lives of Henri I, Constable, Charles, Duke of Anville, and Henri II, Duke of Montmorency; Volumes IV & V: the life of François-Henri de Montmorency, Duke of Luxembourg. A new edition of this work, with revised titles, was published in 1768. (Saffroy III, 46112).

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195 - DESORMEAUX (Joseph L. Ripault). See original version (French)

195 - DESORMEAUX (Joseph L. Ripault).
See original version (French)