(1852). BEAUCHESNE (Alcide de). LOUIS XVII. Sa vie, son agon - Lot 119

(1852). BEAUCHESNE (Alcide de). LOUIS XVII. Sa vie, son agonie, sa mort ; captivité de la famille royale au Temple. Paris, Plon, 1852. 2 volumes in-8, mahogany chagrin, boards decorated with a gilt frame, with a crown and the initials A. de M. in the center, interior roulette, ivory moire lining and endpapers, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (period binding). Edition decorated with 2 portraits engraved by Regnault after Dumont and Mechel, 19 out-of-text facsimiles, some folding, and several in-text figures and plans. Copy with the cipher of Adolphe de Morgues and handwritten ex-dono by his son Henry de Morgues. Hinges rubbed, light rings, tears on several plates, one large one repaired.