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VIGNY (Alfred de). Cinq-Mars, or A Conspiracy under Louis XI…
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48
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VIGNY (Alfred de). Cinq-Mars, or A Conspiracy under Louis XI…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300 - €350
Voluntary lot
Description
VIGNY (Alfred de). Cinq-Mars, or A Conspiracy under Louis XIII.
Paris, Urbain Canel, 1826. 2 vols. in-8, [2] leaves, 411 pp. + [2] leaves, 491 pp. in contemporary fawn-coloured glazed half-basane, smooth spine, author’s name, title and volume numbers in gold, gold fillets and roulettes, blind-stamped fillets and fleurons, marbled edges (minor flaws including spine slightly faded, scuffing at the head and foot, minor worm damage in the form of a ‘horse’s tail’; foxing, a small tear repaired in the margin of vol. 2, p. 199, a small mark in the margin of p. 485).
First edition, ‘extremely rare’ according to Carteret (II, 452), of this novel considered to be the first French historical novel.
Copy with wide margins (h = 200 mm.)
(Vicaire, VII, 1053; Rahir, 672).
Provenance: The de Mun family (19th-century bookplate ‘Bibliothèque de
Lumigny’). Owned since the mid-18th century by the philosopher Helvétius, the Château de Lumigny became, through marriage, the property of the de Mun family, whose most famous member was Albert de Mun (1841–1914), a royalist politician and social Catholic.
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About the sale
Books from the 15th to the 21st century, most of which are illustrated. Manuscripts. Painters’ autographs. Maps and plans. Architectural drawings. Normandy.
Auction location
Auction time
10/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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