DAVID (François-Anne). History of England represented by figures. Paris, David's, 1786. 2 vols. in-4, [2] f., 187 p. 1] f., 207 p., pl., contemporary tortoiseshell calf, spine with 5 nerves, red and green morocco title-pieces, ornamented boards, triple gilt fillet on the boards, gilt roulette at the edges, gilt edges (binding rubbed, worms' tract at the tail of one spine, one lower jaw split at the tail; some soiling and russeting on the margins, sporadic spotting, one on corner of engraved title, others in margins).
First edition of this beautiful engraved illustration by David, consisting of 2 engraved titles (dated 1784) and 96 hors-texte figures after Lejeune, Binet, Gois, Monnet and Mortimer.
(Cohen, 274).
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