[Rarebooks] FS: Beautifully Bound and Illustrated History of France with 131 full-page chromolithograph plates

[Charles Agvent]

LACROIX, Paul. 1. LES ARTS AU MOYEN AGE ET A L’ÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE 
(1871, Third Edition); 2. MOEURS, USAGES ET COSTUMES AU MOYEN AGE ET A 
L’ÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE (1872, Second Edition); 3. XVIII SIÈCLE 
INSTITUTIONS, USAGES ET COSTUMES FRANCE, 1700 – 1789 (1875, First 
Edition); 4. VIE MILITAIRE ET RELIGIEUSE AU MOYEN AGE ET A L’ÉPOQUE DE 
LA RENAISSANCE (1877, Fourth Edition); 5. SCIENCES ET LETTRES AU MOYEN 
AGE ET A L’ÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE (1877, Second Edition); 6. XVIII 
SIÈCLE LETTRES SCIENCES ET ARTS XVII SIÈCLE FRANCE, 1700 – 1789 (1878, 
Second Edition); 7. INSTITUTIONS USAGES ET COSTUMES FRANCE, 1390 – 1700 
(1880, First Edition); and 8. XVII SIÈCLE, LETTRES, SCIENCES ET ARTS 
FRANCE, 1390 – 1700 (1882, Second Edition). Paris: Librairie de 
Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1871 - 1882. First Edition. Eight quarto (7-1/2" x 
11") volumes bound in full green morocco leather by Bickers & Son with 
triple gilt-ruled covers with gilt fleur-de-lys corner decorations, 
gilt-decorated spines with contrasting morocco spine labels, gilt 
dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 131 
full-page chromolithograph plates as well as numerous full-page 
black-and-white plates and text engravings illustrating all facets of 
life in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Text in French. Each volume 
with the bookplate of Lovis Childs Madeira, designed by Walter M. 
Aikman, on the front pastedown. Occasional spot of foxing but generally 
clean and bright; minor scratches and wear to bindings, spine labels 
rather dry. Near Fine set of these beautifully illustrated and bound 
books. (#021304)        $2,500

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