BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY BINDING ~ Annales de la cour et de Paris, pour les annees 1697 & 1698. ~ POST FREE ~
Book Description
First edition. 12mo. Two volumes in one. Pp 236; [15]; 417 [15]. Collated complete and correct. Regarded as a false imprint: probably printed by H. van Bulderen at The Hague. Early signature to title page; Joannis Ludovici Routier Dupare, with a note in the same hand opposite to fly leaf verso. Small twentieth century bookplate to front pastedown. Contemporary calf, elaborately gilt spine, contrasting label, edges speckled, internally very clean.
Dealer Notes
An excellent example of the first edition in an exactly contemporary binding. Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras was a French novelist, adventurer, and vivid essayist, whose work inspired Dumas’ depiction of D’Artagnon. ~ POST FREE ~
Author
COURTILZ DE SANDRAS, Gatien
Date
1701
Binding
Contemporary calf
Publisher
A Cologne : Chez Pierre Marteau MDCCI
Illustrator
None
Condition
Very good
Pages
Pp 236; [15]; 417 [15]
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