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Le Roi des Ribauds

1831130 x 209 mm

RARE FIRST EDITION.
Nice binding from the period.

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Le Roi des Ribauds, History of the time of Louis XII.

FIRST EDITION published under the name of P.L. Jacob, bibliophile member of all the academies.
Frontispiece on fine vellum, engraved by Andrew, representing Iehan Talleran lord of Grignaux, last King of the Ribauds.

The text was republished in 1838 in the book Novels relating to the History of France in the 15th and 16th centuries.

A fine copy preserved in a beautiful contemporary calf binding with elegant initials on the covers.

 

Paris,Rendering,1831.2 volumesIn-8, Bound,130 x 209 mm,370 and 408 pp.

Period bindings, caramel half calf with small corners, smooth spines decorated with gold fillets and friezes, chocolate brown title pieces, plates stamped with the initials HL.