BOOKS

A beautifully bound second edition of J. Zeller’s 19th-century historical analysis of Renaissance Italy, part of his acclaimed Entretiens sur l’Histoire series.

A 19th-century French edition of Edward Gibbon’s monumental historical work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, translated and annotated by the renowned French historian and statesman François Guizot.

This is Volume 7 of the multi-volume series, published in Paris by Ledentu in 1828.

An original early 18th-century French historical work:

Isaac de Larrey (1638–1719)
Histoire de France, sous le règne de Louis XIV
Tome I (Volume I only, as issued)

Amsterdam: Chez Michel Bohm & Compagnie, 1718
12mo format (approx. 11 × 16 cm)
524 pages
Language: French

A contemporary historical account of the reign of Louis XIV, written by the Huguenot historian Isaac de Larrey while in exile. The work provides a critical and detailed narrative of the political, military, and diplomatic events of the period.

Illustration

Complete with the original folding copper-engraved portrait of:

Sophie Dorothée of Prussia
After a painting by Antoine Pesne (court painter)
Engraved by Petrus van Gunst (sculpsit)

The engraving is fully present and fold-out, an important feature for collectors.

Condition

Original early 18th-century binding.
Full leather binding, heavily worn with surface loss and rubbing.
Spine decorated in gilt (partially faded), structurally fragile but intact.
Boards worn and aged.

Interior complete.
Engraved portrait present.
Paper with age toning and light foxing.
No modern rebinding.

Please review all photographs carefully.

Histoire de France sous le règne de Louis XIV – Isaac de Larrey, Άμστερνταμ 1718

Αυθεντική γαλλική ιστορική έκδοση του 1718 από τον Isaac de Larrey, αφιερωμένη στη βασιλεία του Λουδοβίκου ΙΔ΄. Το αντίτυπο περιλαμβάνει το αυθεντικό αναδιπλούμενο χαλκογραφημένο πορτρέτο