Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres depuis Son Etablissement, avec les Eloges des Academiciens Morts depuis Son Renouvellement. Tomes I-III

by Claude Gros De Boze

$4,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary French red morocco with triple gilt fillet, arms of the Count of Maurepas on boards, five raised bands forming six compartments on gilt spine, gilt-lettered in the second and third, gilt decoration in rest, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers with green silk placemarker Provenance: Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, 1st Count of Maurepas 1701-1781 History of a major French learned academy, in a fine red morocco binding, for the

• Binding: Leather

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.