Author: SAINTE-BEUVE, M.
Title: Galerie de Portraits Historiques, Souverains - Hommes D'Etat - Militaires: Tiree Des Causeries Du Lundi Et Des Portraits Litteraires
Description: Paris: Garnier Freres, 1883. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by M. Delannoy, Mme. Fournier, et al.. Quarter bound in brown leather Prize binding over pebbled burgundy cloth, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gily lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, blind-stamped borders on covers, all edges gilt, iviory silk endpapers. Illustrated with Portraits engraved by M. Delanoy, Mme Fournier, etc. after the drawings of De Staal, Paul Delaroche, and others. Includes biographies of Henry IV, Duc de Sully, Le President Jeannin, Le duc de Rohan, Le Cardinal de Richelieu, Le Surintendant Fouquet, Olivier Lefevre D'Ormesson, Louis XIV, Le Marechal de Villars, Frederic le Grand, La Margrave de Bareith, M. Necker, Benjamin Franklin, Mirabeau, Abbe Sieyes, Saint-Just, Napoleon, and M. Guizot. Most of the briograhies are accompanied by tissue-protected engraved portraits of the subject. The "Monday Talks" by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804 – 1869), from which the biographies are taken, were a series of biographies and essays by the French literary critic.. Printed Prize boookplate (dated 1901) on fep, very brief gift inscription (Christmas 1948) on ffep, corners lightly bumped, edges lightly worn, some foxing, largely on tissue protectors, else fine; otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. A very handsome volume. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD. Engravings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (iv), iii, (i), 614, (1) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
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Title: Galerie de Portraits Historiques, Souverains - Hommes D'Etat - Militaires: Tiree Des Causeries Du Lundi Et Des Portraits Litteraires
Description: Paris: Garnier Freres, 1883. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by M. Delannoy, Mme. Fournier, et al.. Quarter bound in brown leather Prize binding over pebbled burgundy cloth, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gily lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, blind-stamped borders on covers, all edges gilt, iviory silk endpapers. Illustrated with Portraits engraved by M. Delanoy, Mme Fournier, etc. after the drawings of De Staal, Paul Delaroche, and others. Includes biographies of Henry IV, Duc de Sully, Le President Jeannin, Le duc de Rohan, Le Cardinal de Richelieu, Le Surintendant Fouquet, Olivier Lefevre D'Ormesson, Louis XIV, Le Marechal de Villars, Frederic le Grand, La Margrave de Bareith, M. Necker, Benjamin Franklin, Mirabeau, Abbe Sieyes, Saint-Just, Napoleon, and M. Guizot. Most of the briograhies are accompanied by tissue-protected engraved portraits of the subject. The "Monday Talks" by Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804 – 1869), from which the biographies are taken, were a series of biographies and essays by the French literary critic.. Printed Prize boookplate (dated 1901) on fep, very brief gift inscription (Christmas 1948) on ffep, corners lightly bumped, edges lightly worn, some foxing, largely on tissue protectors, else fine; otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. A very handsome volume. A large, heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD. Engravings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (iv), iii, (i), 614, (1) pp. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Biography Illustrated Books Fine Binding Napoleon Louis XIV Illustrated Books Biography & Memoir Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 300.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 28692
- Book number: 28692
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