Discours sur l'histoire universelle, depuis le commencement du monde jusqu'à l'empire de Charlemagne. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné, 1784. In-4, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, ornate spine, interior roulette, gilt edges (Gaudreau relieur de la Reine).
In-4 edition printed at 200 copies on wove paper, part of the Collection des auteurs classiques français et latins published by order of Louis XVI for the education of the Dauphin.
Beautiful morocco binding from the workshop of François Gaudreau, Queen Marie-Antoinette's bookbinder, signed on the upper flyleaf at the bottom of the morocco.
Without the leaf of the Brevet qui ordonne... Covers foxed. A split jaw over the height of a box, another restored, restoration to the upper headpiece and to a corner, small loss at the tail.
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