Apr 07, 2011 - Sale 2242

Sale 2242 - Lot 50

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
HÉNAULT, CHARLES-JEAN-FRANÇOIS. Nouvel Abregé Chronologique de l'Histoire de France. [10], 545, [3]; [549]-928, [48] pages, including final blank in each volume, and errata leaf. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary olive morocco gilt with floral and ornamental border on covers in the style of Derôme, decorated paper endleaves with all-over pattern of small gilt stars; contents generally quite clean. Paris: Prault et al., 1756

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Elegantly bound set of the fifth edition of a synopsis of French history from the 5th-century Frankish King Clovis to Louis XIV. With the bookplates of Henri Beraldi and Jean Fürstenberg.