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Les Rois De France 66 Gravures Sur Acier Formant La Galerie Complète Des Portraits De Versailles D’après Les Tableaux Authentiques Du Musée De Versailles Accompagnées D’une Notice Historique Par Lélius. Translated: The Kings Of France 66 Engravings On Steel Forming The Complete Gallery Of Portraits Of Versailles From The Authentic Paintings Of The Museum Of Versailles Accompanied By A Historical Notice By Lélius
Lelius · Paris
- Author
- Lelius
- Date
- c1850
- Place
- Paris
- Publisher
- P.C. Lehuby
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 4to.(6.5" x 10.25") 287 pp. Full original cloth binding with blindstamp fancy rule framing a large gilt centered vignette of 4 King's portraits and regailia, rear board same with centered gilt armorial crest. Spine with heavy gilt architectural decoration with gilt title towards center. All edges gilt, yellow endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss, Spine sun-faded with heavy gilt, head and foot ruffled with small closed tears and minute chipping with small slits to fabric at hinges, gutters fine. Covers lightly soiled. Illustrated with 66 engraved plates from the complete Gallery of Portraits at Versailles as called for. Booksellers notes in pencil to first free flyleaf and numbers to the reverse of plates also in pencil. Some foxing throughout, affecting the margins of most plates, images of a few. Dampstain to lower fore-edge from beginning of text through to page 73.
- Category
- Fore-Edge Paintings
- Record
- S.I.7944
4to.(6.5" x 10.25") 287 pp. c1850. Paris: P.C. Lehuby. Les Rois De France 66 Gravures Sur Acier Formant La Galerie Complète Des Portraits De Versailles D’après Les Tableaux Authentiques Du Musée De Versailles Accompagnées D’une Notice Historique Par Lélius. Translated: The Kings Of France 66 Engravings On Steel Forming The Complete Gallery Of Portraits Of Versailles From The Authentic Paintings Of The Museum Of Versailles Accompanied By A Historical Notice By Lélius. Full original cloth binding with blindstamp fancy rule framing a large gilt centered vignette of 4 King's portraits and regalia, rear board same with centered gilt armorial crest. Spine with heavy gilt architectural decoration with gilt title towards center. All edges gilt, yellow endpapers. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss, Spine sun-faded with heavy gilt, head and foot ruffled with small closed tears and minute chipping with small slits to fabric at hinges, gutters fine. Covers lightly soiled. Illustrated with 66 engraved plates from the complete Gallery of Portraits at Versailles, as called for. Bookseller's notes in pencil to first free flyleaf and numbers to the reverse of the plates also in pencil. Some foxing throughout, affecting the margins of most plates, images of a few. Dampstain to lower fore-edge from beginning of text through to page 73.
Condition
Good
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