LACROIX, Paul.

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A collection of five works on the history of France in the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and 18th century. An attractive set in English of Lacroix's work on the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in France, together with his volume on the 18th century. This lavish, richly illustrated production includes several fine examples of 19th-century colour lithography.Best known by his pseudonyms "P. L. Jacob" and "Bibliophile Jacob", Paul Lacroix (1806-1884) was a French historian and the curator of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris.In the present set, both The Arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and Manners, Customs, and Dress during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance are stated as "fourth thousand" on the title pages; the other works have no such statements.

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