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§ Bibliophily - Royal Library. Notices and extracts...

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§ [Bibliophily - Royal Library]. Notices and extracts from the manuscripts in the King's Library, read to the Committee established by His Majesty in the Royal Academy of Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1787-1790. 3 vol. in-4 veal jasper, smooth spine decorated, title and publisher's p. in mar. fauve, green morocco pastilles with gold foil, title p. in morocco pastille (missing), gilt fillets and gilt roulette framing the plates, roulette on the cups, inner lace, red jaspered tr. straw (contemporary binding, by Gosselin, with its label). Bindings to be restored: split jaws, missing caps, detached top cover of 1st vol., spine of volume 3 partly detached, blunt corners. Very good condition inside.