4 Fine Vol Gds In 4, New Condition, Mézeray, "chronological Summary Of The History Of France" 1740

Rare and exceptional 4volumes Large in 4 (rare edition in this format) in new condition, large margins illustrated with numerous portraits of Kings in baroque frames. Full glazed dyed calfskin, ribbed spine decorated with sumptuous gilded titles and volume numbers in ocher morocco, marbled endpapers (ex-libris: from the Library of JJ Poullin, Lawyer in Orléans) pinkish edges; “Chronological Summary of the History of France” by Sieur De Mézeray, Historiographer of France. New Edition, expanded. Containing the Origin of the French, & their establishment in Gaul, before Clovis. The reign of the Kings of France since Faramond, or Waramond, with the Lives of Queens Volume 2 beginning in the Reign of Louis IV. until the end of the Reign of Louis Volume 4 containing the Reigns of Louis XIII. & Louis XIV . To serve as a sequel to that of Mézeray. In Amsterdam, at David Mortier, Bookseller 1740.