Galerie française ou collection de portraits des hommes et des femmes...

French gallery or collection of portraits of men and women who distinguished France in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. First edition. A supplement would appear a few years later. The index is lacking in the last volume.
Half black sheep with fillets, smooth spine. Excellent condition, some scattered foxing in the margins but on very white paper. The three volumes contain respectively 65 engravings, 60 and 62 engravings. The historical notices opposite each portrait, which comprise several pages, are the work of Villemain, Andrieux, Denon, Boissy d'Anglas and associates... the portraits by Mr Chrétien, Rulhman, Weber...
Numerous facsimiles add to the interest of the work, which contains portraits found nowhere else. This edition is uncommon and justly appreciated by collectors.