Duc de Castries - La Fin des Rois, volumes -
Duc de Castries: La Fin des Rois, (complete). Librairie Jules Tallandier. Paris, pp. Publisher binding [plum red long grain leather] with covers decorated with golden patterns (the central shield is the coat of arms of Louis XVIII and Charles X, surmounted by a Royal Crown and surrounded by the cordon of the order of the Holy Spirit); smooth back adorned with golden stamps and golden fillets, author and title, golden top edges; binding engraved by the master bookbinder Michel Vincent after a copy of the library of the Duchess of Berry, and performed in the workshops of Boutan Marguin in Villetaneuse. 21 x 15 cm, 5 kg Slight friction of use, perfect condition of the binding, near mint; Inside: red bookmark, end papers "peacock feathers", bookmark, clean and fresh, with engravings out of text, bibliography, beautiful set on vellum of the Gorges de L’Andlau, and composed in Bodoni body 10. Volume 1: La Fin des Rois. . I. Louis XVIII à la recherche de son royaume. Volume II: Le Règne de Louis XVIII et la France de la Restauration. Volume III: Charles X. TIV. Louis-Philippe, le Roi des Français. Volume V: L'écroulement de la Monarchie Read More