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1136 - Les monumens de la monarchie françoise, qui comprennent l'hi…
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Estimate €500 - €600

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Les monumens de la monarchie françoise, qui comprennent l'histoire de France, avec les figures de chaque règne que l'injure des temps a épargées. 5 vol. in-f° ; 307 plates (some foxing, a dozen plates slightly browned). - First edition of this monumental work covering the history of France from its origins up to and including the reign of Henry IV. Beautiful copper-engraved iconography, including a frontispiece portrait of Louis XV in vol. I, and 306 plates, more than 100 of them on double pages, inspired by ancient documents, miniatures, tapestries (notably of Bayeux, of which this is the 1st representation), funerary monuments, inscriptions, etc., and of great historical interest, some of which have since disappeared. - Ref Conlon 29:657. - Cohen 732. - Saffroy 2705.

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Auction time 06/26/2026 at 1:00 PM

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1136 - Les monumens de la monarchie françoise, qui comprennent l'hi… See original version (French)

1136 - Les monumens de la monarchie françoise, qui comprennent l'hi…
See original version (French)