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36 - PARIS.— FÉLIBIEN (Michel). History of the City of Paris… Par…
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PARIS.— FÉLIBIEN (Michel). History of the City of Paris… Paris, Guillaume Desprez, Jean Desessartz, 1725. 5 folio volumes, 25 x 38.5 cm, 10 folios, CCII (incorrectly numbered CC) + 676 pp., frontispiece and 7 plates, including 4 folded and 1 folio, 868 pp. (numbered 677–1544) + LVI pp., 26 plates (numbered 30), including 20 double plates and 3 folded plates, and VIII + XCVIII pp. (numbered CII) + 820 pp. and 1 f., 840 pp. and 1 f., 948 pp. (numbered 944), contemporary binding in marbled fawn calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with gilt motifs, title labels. First edition of this fine and monumental history of Paris. Illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece engraved by Ph. Simonneau the Younger after Hallé, a large map, dated 1726, engraved by Coquart, folded, and 32 plates engraved by Hérisset, Lucas or Aveline, some based on drawings by Jean-Michel Chevotet, the King’s architect, or by Jean Chaufournier. Headpieces engraved by Charles-Nicolas Cochin or Ph. Simonneau the Younger after Hallé. The work of Dom Félibien (1665–1719), son of Félibien des Avaux, was continued and expanded by Dom Lobineau (1667–1727), who, like him, belonged to the Congregation of Saint-Maur. In good condition. From the important library of the Premonstratensian Abbey of Cuissy (Cuissy-et-Geny, Aisne), with handwritten notes on the title pages and a library call number (18th century), subsequently from the library at Laon, with a wet stamp on the title page and the last page of each volume (first half of the 19th century), and from the library of Count Bernard de Poncins (1862–1946), bearing an ex-libris with the combined coat of arms of himself and his wife, Madeleine d’Orléans de Rère. Small tears at the folds of the map with a small loss. Slight foxing and a few small water stains. A few worn caps and corners; tears at the joints of one volume. Millard I, 73. – Appraiser: Cédric and Ithier de FOUGEROLLE
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