52 - DANIEL (Father Gabriel).

DANIEL (Father Gabriel). History of France, from the Establishment of the French Monarchy in Gaul. New edition, expanded with notes, critical and historical essays, a history of the reign of Louis XIII, and a journal of the reign of Louis XIV [...] Paris, published by the Associated Booksellers, 1755–1757. 17 vols. in-4, red morocco, decorated ribbed spine, title page and volume number page, double gilt fillet framing the covers, filleted edges, roulette on the headbands, gilt edges (contemporary binding). Spine faded; caps and corners slightly worn and scuffed; leather flaking on a few covers; rare small tears. The illustrations consist of a frontispiece, 4 separate plates, 4 fold-out maps with raised outlines (at the end of the last volume), and numerous header bands, as well as a few figures within the text. A few scattered foxing spots; slight signs of moisture in places. An engraved coat-of-arms bookplate in the first and last volumes belonging to Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), British Prime Minister, from his library at Drayton Manor (bearing his motto “Industria”). Another coat-of-arms bookplate (unidentified) in volumes II through XVI.