[MONTFAUCON (Bernard de)]. Thrésor des antiquitez de la cour - Lot 34

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[MONTFAUCON (Bernard de)]. Thrésor des antiquitez de la cour - Lot 34
[MONTFAUCON (Bernard de)]. Thrésor des antiquitez de la couronne de France représentées en figures d'après leurs originaux. 2 vols. in-folio. La Haye, Pierre de Hondt, 1745. Full contemporary painted calf, gilt roulette framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, green morocco title and greef, gilt edges. Title page in red and black. Important iconographic collection devoted to the history of France, containing 305 engraved plates, often folding, sometimes double-page, which had been used to illustrate Montfaucon's Monumens de la monarchie françoise (Paris, 1729-1733, 5 vol. in-fol.). Volume I: with equestrian portrait of Louis XV as frontispiece, 155 plates numbered 1 to 154 and one plate 68 bis. Volume II: plates 155 to 304. 2 plates 251 (two plates 240 and 254 but no plates 239 and 253). Later coat of arms in spine box, with motto "Faxmentis Honestæ Gloria": Agnew. Bar of Lochnaw, with his engraved bookplate pasted on the flyleaves. Fine copies. Small stains to 3 plates.
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