Online auction - Lot 155
[Dutch Revolt]
Histoire des révolutions des Païs-Bas. Depuis l'an 1559. jusques à l'an 1584.
Paris, Briasson, 1727
Starting bid: €
80
Hammer price: €
150
€ 150 / 200
Bidding via DrouotLot description
2 vol., 8vo: xii-307-[5], [4]-271-[1 bl.] pp. (some minor spotting or staining).
Contemp. sp. calf (sides sl. rubbed), gilt spines with raised bands. Very good copy.
First edition of this historical work by Pagi (1690-1740). Pp. 217-271 of vol. II a large catalogue of books for sale by A.-C. Briasson, running a bookshop in rue Saint-Jacques from 1724 to 1775. Briasson was one of the publishers of the Encyclopédie.
Ref. Conlon 27:632. - Barbier II:766. - BnF.
Prov. Bibliothèque Marye de Merval, noble family who owned the château Brémontier-Merval in Normandy (armorial bookpl.).