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Laureau's History of France, 1st Edition, 1786

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Description

Heading:
Author: [Laureau, Pierre]
Title: L'Histoire de France avant Clovis, pour servir d'introduction à celle de MM Vely, Villaret et Garnier.
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:Chez Lamy, Libraire, quai des Augustins
Date Published: [1786]
Description:

xlv, [2], 368, [3] pp. Text in French. With 5 woodcut plates including frontispiece and headpiece on first page. (12mo) 16.5x9.5 cm (6½x3¾"), full period spotted calf, raised bands, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, sections tooled in gilt; all edges stained red, marbled endpapers. First Edition.

Scarce French history, rarely seen in auction and with only 14 physical copies held worldwide in OCLC.

Condition

Touches of wear to calf, some minor scuffs, corners slightly bumped; hinges tender, pages faintly age-toned; very good.

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Laureau's History of France, 1st Edition, 1786

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