Auction 61 AUCTION 61: RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS 2
By HELIOS
Apr 6, 2025
HELIOS AUCTIONS 1050 Second Avenue Gallery # 52 New York, NY 10022 USA, United States
An extremely varied selection of paper-related items, including 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle Antique Incunabula Liber Chronicarum Hartmann Schedel, 1764 Bible by Anthony Purver Quaker Antique 2 Two-folio volumes, 1531 Dante Alighieri Post-Incunabula l'Amoroso Convivio in Italian, among many other interesting subjects.
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LOT 253:

1787 FRENCH HISTORY 4 VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED W/ 115 NICE ENGRAVINGS ANTIQUE

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1787 FRENCH HISTORY 4 VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED W/ 115 NICE ENGRAVINGS ANTIQUE

David, F.-A.

Histoire de France, representee par figures. Accompagnees de discours (par l'abbe Guyot).

4 (of 5) volumes.

Paris; 1787

Size: 7.5 by 10"

With engraved titlepiece, 115 engraved plates by David.

(a few plates a missing)

Original leather, triple fillets on the cover, gilt edges

Cohen/R. 274. Lewine 130

First edition of this splendidly illustrated work, published by the engraver and publisher F.A. David (1741-1824).

The copper plates show key scenes from French history.

Very good condition, occasional foxing, some wear of the bindings

Text in French

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