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Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

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Millot, Claude François Xavier

Abrégé de l'Histoire Romaine, 1789

Estimate

€ 300 - 350

Sold

€ 384

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Paris, Nyon, 1789. In 2nd. Eye, beautiful allegorical front door by JB Piauger, branded on the title page, with 48 engraved plates, 3 of which folded, slight marginal blooms, a few slightly burnished cards, slight halo at the lower edge of the first and last 4 cards, contemporary leather binding, to the plates, frame engraved in gold, title within a gusset and friezes engraved in gold on the back, defects. Ex libris on paper.

Specialist Notes

Beautiful illustrated edition & nbsp; with 49 engravings made by some of the most fashionable authors of the time including Hubert-François Gravelot, Gabriel-Jacques Saint-Aubin and & nbsp; Jean Baptiste Piauger, & nbsp;