"Volumes 3 & 4 Of The History Of The Establishment Of The French Monarchy In Gaul. Dubos 18"
Two volumes in 12mo, bound in glazed blond calf, smooth spines decorated with baroque tools, red morocco titles and volume numbers, blue endpapers, red edges; a fine example of a precious binding from the time of Louis XV, very specific to this period. Two very interesting volumes out of four of the works of Abbé Dubos. Printed in Paris, by Nyon père, at the first Pavillon des Quatre Nations, in Sainte Monique. 1742. Bicolored titles for this fresh and exceptional copy, to be completed in its beautiful contemporary binding: "Histoire Critique de l'établissement de la Monarchie Française dans les Gaules" (Critical History of the Establishment of the French Monarchy in Gaul), by Abbé Dubos, one of the forty, and Permanent Secretary of the French Academy. New Edition, revised, corrected & expanded, volumes 3 & 4, the last in the series, for this remarkable erudite text by the renowned Abbé Dubos... These two volumes are beautiful and informative and in mint condition... For lovers of fine books