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De Baecque et Associés

979 - CHOISY (François Timoléon, Abbot of). MEMOIR TO AID IN THE HISTORY OF LOUIS XIV.

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€80 - 120

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30%

CHOISY (François Timoléon, Abbot of). MEMOIR TO AID IN THE HISTORY OF LOUIS XIV. Utrecht, Wan-de-Vater, 1727. 2 vols., in-12, speckled sheepskin, decorated ribbed spine (contemporary binding). Posthumous memoirs providing numerous details and anecdotes about the reign of Louis XIV. From the library of the naturalist and physicist Étienne-François Dutour de Salvert (1711–1789), bearing his bookplate “Ex-bibliotheca Stephani-Francisci Dutour.” Minor wear to the bindings; faint water stains. Included: - THE ADVENTURES OF THE ABBE DE CHOISY dressed as a woman. Paris, Gay, 1862. In-12, red half-percale (modern binding). Limited edition of 115 copies (no. 115). SET OF 3 VOLUMES.

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Books, Manuscripts, and Autographs
Tuesday, December 1
02:30 PM
3, impasse des Chevau-Légers
78000 Versailles, France

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De Baecque et Associés +33 1 58 40 82 92 versailles@debaecque.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 290,000 lots published

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