Pierre-Prime-Félicien LE TOURNEUR, François-Anne DAVID
Histoire d'Angleterre représentée par figures
Chez l'auteur • François Anne David|à Paris 1784 - 1800|19.50 x 26.50 cm|3 volumes reliés
The very rare first edition, augmented with a third volume published 16 years later, in 1800, and devoted to colonial wars in Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Canada and the American War of Independence. It is superbly illustrated with 111 figures hors-texte in sanguine engraved by François Anne DAVID on heavy paper after drawings by Monet, Lejeune, Gois and Binet. Printed on fine laid paper.
Publisher's binding in full marbled and glazed blonde calf. Spine with raised bands handsomely decorated with 4 compartmented fleurons. Red morocco title label, and green morocco volume label. Triple fillet border. Roulette on the edges and inner. Gilt edges with the use of superior gold. A lack at the head of
Publisher's binding in full marbled and glazed blonde calf. Spine with raised bands handsomely decorated with 4 compartmented fleurons. Red morocco title label, and green morocco volume label. Triple fillet border. Roulette on the edges and inner. Gilt edges with the use of superior gold. A lack at the head of
€1,800