L'ESTOILE (Pierre de). JOURNAL OF HENRI III - Paris, widow o - Lot 110

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L'ESTOILE (Pierre de). JOURNAL OF HENRI III - Paris, widow o - Lot 110
L'ESTOILE (Pierre de). JOURNAL OF HENRI III - Paris, widow of P. Gandouin, The Hague, P. Gosse 1744. (5 vols.) - JOURNAL OF THE REGNE OF HENRI IV, king of France and Navarre. The Hague, Vaillant brothers, 1741 (4 vols.). Together 9 volumes in-12, granite calf, spine decorated, red edges (period binding). Editions given by Nicolas Lenglet Du Fresnoy, more complete than the previous ones because accompanied by historical remarks and the most curious manuscripts. The Journal of the reign of Henri III is decorated with a portrait of the king engraved by Mariette and 4 plates, including the one representing the MAGIC TALISMAN OF CATHERINE DE MEDICIS; that of the reign of Henri IV is not illustrated as indicated in the Rothschild catalog. Copy in uniform binding. Damage to the bindings with missing parts, wear, one title-piece missing, foxing. (Rothschild, n°, 2188 and 2236).
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