BEAUTIFUL CONTEMPORARY BINDING ~ Annales de la cour et de Paris, pour les annees 1697 & 1698. ~ POST FREE ~
Book Description
                        First edition. 12mo. Two volumes in one. Pp 236; [15]; 417 [15]. Collated complete and correct. Regarded as a false imprint: probably printed by H. van Bulderen at The Hague. Early signature to title page; Joannis Ludovici Routier Dupare, with a note in the same hand opposite to fly leaf verso.  Small twentieth century bookplate to front pastedown. Contemporary calf, elaborately gilt spine, contrasting label, edges speckled, internally very clean.
                    
                                            Dealer Notes
                            An excellent example of the first edition in an exactly contemporary binding. Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras was a French novelist, adventurer, and vivid essayist, whose work inspired Dumas’ depiction of D’Artagnon. ~ POST FREE ~
                        
                                    
                        Author
                        COURTILZ DE SANDRAS, Gatien
                    
                    
                                        
                        Date
                        1701
                    
                    
                                        
                        Binding
                        Contemporary calf
                    
                    
                                        
                        Publisher
                        A Cologne : Chez Pierre Marteau MDCCI
                    
                    
                                        
                        Illustrator
                        None
                    
                    
                                        
                        Condition
                        Very good
                    
                    
                                        
                        Pages
                        Pp 236; [15]; 417 [15]
                    
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