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34 - [MONTFAUCON (Bernard de). Thrésor des antiquitez de la couro…
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Estimate €400 - €500
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[MONTFAUCON (Bernard de). Thrésor des antiquitez de la couronne de France représentées en figures d'après leurs originaux. 2 vol. in-folio. The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1745. Full contemporary painted calf, gilt roulette framing the covers, spine ribbed and decorated, green morocco title-pieces, edges gilt on marbling. Title page in red and black. Important iconographic collection devoted to the history of France, containing 305 engraved plates, often folding, sometimes double-page, which had been used to illustrate Montfaucon's Monumens de la monarchie françoise (Paris, 1729-1733, 5 vol. in-fol.). Volume I: With the equestrian portrait of Louis XV as frontispiece, 155 plates numbered 1 to 154 and one plate 68 bis. Volume II: plates 155 to 304. 2 plates 251 (two plates numbered 240 and 254 but no plates 239 and 253). Later arms in a spine box, with the motto "Faxmentis Honestæ Gloria": Agnew. Bar of Lochnaw, with his engraved bookplate pasted on the flyleaves. Fine copies. Small stains to 3 plates.
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About the sale Books, prints, old and modern paintings, furniture and objets d'art, collectors' weapons and wines.
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Auction time 06/17/2026 at 11:15 AM
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