BRITAIN. MORICE (Dom Pierre Hyacinthe) & TAILLANDIER... Lot 51

[BRITAIN]. MORICE (Dom Pierre Hyacinthe) & TAILLANDIER (Charles). Ecclesiastical and civil history of Brittany []. In Paris, Delaguette, 1750, and Veuve Delaguette, 1756 (2 vols.). MORICE (Dom Hyacinthe). Memoirs to serve as proofs for the ecclesiastical and civil history of Brittany. A Paris, De l'imprimerie de Charles Osmont, 1742-1746 (3 vols.). Together 5 volumes in-folio (294 x 424 mm), red morocco, triple gilded net framing the plates, crowned ermine in the angles, coat of arms in the center of the plates of the first and the last volume (different on the two volumes), spine decorated with a semis of ermine, gilt edges (period binding). FIRST EDITIONS. Vignette on the titles and engraved plates. A few dull corners; head cover of volume IV slightly damaged; some spotting on the boards; a few freckles on the first leaves of the first volume, but a VERY GOOD COPY in RED LEATHER adorned with ROYAL ARMS & HERMINOUS SEEDS of this IMPORTANT WORKSHOP dedicated to BRITAIN.