Le Duc D'Aumale - Histoire des Princes de Condé, pendant
Le Duc D'AumaleHistoire des Princes de Condé, pendant les XVIème et XVIIème siècle. Complete with 2 volumes of this edition, 6 other volumes were published between and LEVY MICHEL FRERES pages. Hardcover, half brown leather binding, back with 4 raised bands, golden title, volume numbers and fillets on the back.Portraits engraved in black and white in frontispiece under silk paper in the 2 books, fold-out map at the end of volume 2. Good condition Crown in head of volume 1 partly torn, rubbed corners, stained leather of the back Waterstains at beginning and end of volume 2. Library stamp on inner cover. Clear foxing disseminated in the text These two volumes were printed when the Second Empire Government banned their publication; "le duc d'Aumale intenta un procès qu'il gagna mais qui ne dura pas moins de six mois. Ce fut seulement en que l'ouvrage put être mis en vente" (Vicaire, I-154), the next 6 volumes appeared in . Read More