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Wednesday 18 November 2020, 10:30 AM • Rome

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David, François-Anne

Histoire de Russie, representee par figures, accompagnees d'un precis historique, 1797

Estimate

€ 200 - 400

Sold

€ 384

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Paris, David, 1797-1806. In 4th. 3 vols. Engraved title pages, with 48 engraved plates, paper F of volume II detached, rare and slight small spots, a few slightly burnished papers, coeval binding in marbled calfskin, plates framed by double fillet frame, back with 5 nerves, to the compartments phytomorphic friezes and title within a gusset, red cuts, gazes in marbled paper, spine and hinge of the back plate of tome I incomplete, light peeling.


Specialist Notes

Beautiful specimen on the history of Russia, complete with the 48 plates engraved by David on a design by Monnet.