Bernard de MONTFAUCON
Les monumens de la monarchie françoise qui comprennent l'histoire de France, avec les figures de chaque règne que l'injure des tems a épargnées.
Julien-Michel Gandouin • Pierre-François Giffart|à Paris 1729-1733|30 x 44 cm|5 vol. reliés
Les Monumens de la monarchie françoise qui comprennent l'histoire de France, avec les figures de chaque règne que l'injure des tems a épargnées
The illustration, as remarkable as it is abundant, is composed of 306 etched plates, including 113 double folding pages, an equestrian portrait of Louis XV in the first volume by C. Mathey,
Julien-Michel Gandouin & Pierre-François Giffart in Paris 1729-1733 | 5 volumes folio (30 x 44 cm) contemporary full calf
First edition of Monuments de la monarchie françoise by Bernard de Montfaucon, comprising 5 in-folio volumes complete with their insert plates (see Cohen 731-732).The illustration, as remarkable as it is abundant, is composed of 306 etched plates, including 113 double folding pages, an equestrian portrait of Louis XV in the first volume by C. Mathey,
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