Lot n° 427
Estimation :
200 - 250
EUR
DE FER, Nicolas.
Histoire des Rois de France depuis Pharamond jusqu'à notre auguste monarque Louis Quinze. Paris, Danet, 1722. 1 vol. in-4. Contemporary calf, spine ribbed and decorated, tan morocco title and author's pieces. 2] ff. 66 plates numbered from 4 to 69, [62] ff.
Posthumous first edition, entirely engraved by Nicolas de Fer, comprising 66 plates (of the 65 announced in the title - Two plates for Pharamond). Each entry is accompanied by an intaglio plate presenting a portrait and a notable scene from the life of the monarch. The text is also engraved.
Without the table leaf, as often. Handwritten bookplate on the flyleaf: De Laguere.
Lower corners dulled, headpieces missing with slight beginnings of cracks in the spine.
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