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Lot n° 245

Pierre de L'ESTOILE

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Diary of Henri III... or Memoirs to serve the History of France. La Haye, Pierre Gosse, 1744. 5 volumes. - Diary of the reign of Henri IV... The Hague (Paris), Vaillant, 1741. 4 volumes. - Supplement to the diary of the reign of Henri IV... S.l.n., 1736. 2 volumes. Set of 11 volumes in-8, respectively in caramel calf and marbled calf, spine with 5 decorated nerves (contemporary binding). Edition given by Lenglet Dufresnoy, containing for the first work a portrait of Henri III engraved by Mariette and 4 figures out of text. The second work does not include the plates mentioned by Cohen, but only a portrait-frontispiece, repeated in the Supplement. Malfunctions in the bindings with small lacks in the caps and rubbed hinges.