VELLY (l'abé), VILLARET (C.) & GARNIER (J. J.). - Lot 107

VELLY (l'abé), VILLARET (C.) & GARNIER (J. J.). Histoire de France, depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'à Louis XIV. Volumes I-XV [of 17]. Paris, Saillant & Nyon, Desaint, 1770-1786. 15 vol. in-4° of xxv, 547 pp. [p. 1 does not exist 67 portraits gr. h.-t. ; xx, 518 pp. 27 portraits h.-t. ; 430 pp., 4 portraits o.-t. ; 543, 18 p. o.-t. ; xij, 564 pp. 6 p. o.-t. ; 472 pp., 5 p. h.-t.; 454 pp. 10 p. h.-t.; 465, [1] pp. 15 p. h.-t.; 512 pp.., 15 p. h.-t.; 535, [1] pp. 15 p. h.-t.; 541, [1] pp. 5 p. h.-t.; [2], 560 pp. 6 p. h.-t.; 579, [1] pp. 14 p. h.-t.; 595, [1] pp. 22 p. h. t.; 534 pp. with 8 portraits [of 9, Charles Cardinal de Bourbon in deficit deficit] and 1 folding map of the battle of Dreux bound at the end. end. Mottled fawn calf, 5-rib spine with fleurons, red morocco green morocco, triple gilt fillet on covers, double gilt fillet double gilt fillet around the edges, marbled edges. (Contemporary binding). The first 15 volumes of this History of France end with Charles IX. Interesting above all for the portraits of the crowned heads of Europe and the more than 230, engraved on copper. Handwritten bookplate of LIECHTENBERGER. Margins dampstained, binding damaged (notably worm damage on on boards and some headpieces).