48 - [AMADIS of GAUL]. The 24 Books and the Treasury of All the Amadis. Lyon, B. Rigaud, Didier, Cloquemin, Beraud, Tardif, Huguetan; Chambéry, Poumar; Paris, C. Rigaud, G. Robinot, 1575–1615.

[AMADIS of GAUL]. The 24 Books and the Treasury of All the Amadis. Lyon, B. Rigaud, Didier, Cloquemin, Beraud, Tardif, Huguetan; Chambéry, Poumar; Paris, C. Rigaud, G. Robinot, 1575–1615. A total of twenty-three in-16 volumes and three in-8 volumes, 18th-century bindings in blue morocco, three fillets on the covers, spines decorated with grotesque motifs. A VERY RARE COMPLETE SET OF THE 24 VOLUMES OF *L’Amadis de Gaule* IN FRENCH, IN EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION. A superb and exceptional copy, very elegantly bound in the 18th century in blue morocco, with spines richly decorated with grotesque motifs. Extremely rare in such fine condition. Provenance: Colonel Stanley (signature dated 1813 on the inside front cover of the first volume); according to the catalog of this library sold in London in April and May 1813 (“one of the most magnificent collections ever brought to the hammer,” according to Horne. *An Introduction to the Study of Bibliography*. London, 1814), in which the work was listed (no. 699) as “this very fine copy was formerly Madame Pompadour’s”; E. Vernon Utterson (bookplates in all volumes); Sylvain S. Brunschwig (auction in Geneva, N. Rauch, March 28–30, 1955, lot 313), with a bookplate in the first volume and a handwritten note in pencil noting “complete collection” in his own hand on all volumes. Acquired by Émile Rossignol in 1963.