Author: VAUTHELIN, PAUL, ET AL.
Title: Quelques Reliques émouvantes de L'Histoire de France
Description: Paris: Editions M.D. (Maurice Devries), (1930). 1st Edition. First Printing. Vellum. Publisher's printed and embossed vellum boards. Pages bound with silk ribbon. This portfolio includes nine facsimiles of documents signed by illustrious figures in French history; Jeanne d'Arc, Henri IV, Corneille, Jean Bart, Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Robespierre and two by Napoleon. Each document is described on the facing page. The documents have been copied from the originals in French archives, including the Bibliothèque Nationale, Bibliotheque de Chalons-sur-Marne, and the Archives Nationales. Some of the facsimiles are loose in the portfolio, as they are two-sided. All text in French.. The vellum covers are moderately warped, as usual, else fine; unmarked, complete, and clean. VERY GOOD. Reproductions. Folio 13" - 23" tall. ) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .

Keywords: History; France; Joan of Arc; Napoleon; Henry IV; Illustrated Books History Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books


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