Guillaume BERTOUX

Second edition.
Contemporary marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Overall rubbing. Headcap half missing.
Numerous anecdotes and particularly interesting notes in a work where one learns history differently than through grand History.
Bibliotheca Gallicae stamp.

First edition.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume label. 2 corners slightly bumped. Missing one marbled endpaper in volume I. Otherwise a handsome copy.
Chronological history of Spain and Portugal in the form of anecdotes, that is to say short articles. The Anecdotes are skillful compilations, not without critical spirit, and allow one to have at hand in a very practical manner the history of a nation.