Royal Armorial Bindings A group of 8 volumes bearing the arms of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and of their son the Dauphin, as well as of Napoleon I and Empress Marie-Louise: (Louis XVI). M. l'Évêque du Puy. La Religion vengée de l'incrédulité par l'incrédulité elle-même. Paris: Chez Humblot, 1772. 8vo. Full red morocco with the gilt arms of Louis XVI on both covers within triple fillets, smooth spine richly gilt, blue endpapers, edges gilt; traces of leather dressing on both covers, minor wear to spine ends, gilt on spine slightly dulled. — (Marie-Antoinette). Mémoires historiques, critiques et anecdotes des reines et régentes de France. Amsterdam: Michel Rey, 1776. 3 volumes, 12mo. Full calf, arms of Marie-Antoinette on front and rear covers, smooth spines gilt decorated with marguerites and black lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red; wear to extremities, a few joints starting at top, spines darkened. — (Louis Joseph Xavier, first Dauphin of Louis XVI, d. 1789). L'Abbé Gautier. Leçons de grammaire ... dédiées à Monseigneur le Dauphin. Paris: Chez l'Auteur et Lottin, 1787. 8vo. Full red morocco with gilt arms of the Dauphin on both covers within triple fillets, floral cornerpieces, smooth spine gilt decorated with floral ornaments, one green morocco lettering piece, blue endpapers, gilt edges. Ticket of Baron Double (sale, 30 May 1881). Blue cloth chemise, morocco-backed slipcase. — (Napoleon I). Histoire ancienne des Égyptiens ... par M. Rollin. Paris: Les Frères Estienne, 1757. Vol. XI only. Red straight-grain morocco, arms of Napoleon on front and rear covers within a frame of linked acorns, smooth spine gilt, decorated with floral ornaments and emblematic eagles, blue endpapers, edges gilt. Note on flyleaf: "livre trouvédans le bagage de l'empereur à Moscou." Bookplate of the Hermitage Library. — (Empress Marie-Louise). Mme la Comtesse Genlis. Palmyre et Flaminie. Paris: Maradan, 1821. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half straight-grain morocco, salmon boards with the Empress's monogram front and rear, plain endpapers and edges. Extremities rubbed, boards slightly sunned.
Royal Armorial Bindings A group of 8 volumes bearing the arms of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, and of their son the Dauphin, as well as of Napoleon I and Empress Marie-Louise: (Louis XVI). M. l'Évêque du Puy. La Religion vengée de l'incrédulité par l'incrédulité elle-même. Paris: Chez Humblot, 1772. 8vo. Full red morocco with the gilt arms of Louis XVI on both covers within triple fillets, smooth spine richly gilt, blue endpapers, edges gilt; traces of leather dressing on both covers, minor wear to spine ends, gilt on spine slightly dulled. — (Marie-Antoinette). Mémoires historiques, critiques et anecdotes des reines et régentes de France. Amsterdam: Michel Rey, 1776. 3 volumes, 12mo. Full calf, arms of Marie-Antoinette on front and rear covers, smooth spines gilt decorated with marguerites and black lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red; wear to extremities, a few joints starting at top, spines darkened. — (Louis Joseph Xavier, first Dauphin of Louis XVI, d. 1789). L'Abbé Gautier. Leçons de grammaire ... dédiées à Monseigneur le Dauphin. Paris: Chez l'Auteur et Lottin, 1787. 8vo. Full red morocco with gilt arms of the Dauphin on both covers within triple fillets, floral cornerpieces, smooth spine gilt decorated with floral ornaments, one green morocco lettering piece, blue endpapers, gilt edges. Ticket of Baron Double (sale, 30 May 1881). Blue cloth chemise, morocco-backed slipcase. — (Napoleon I). Histoire ancienne des Égyptiens ... par M. Rollin. Paris: Les Frères Estienne, 1757. Vol. XI only. Red straight-grain morocco, arms of Napoleon on front and rear covers within a frame of linked acorns, smooth spine gilt, decorated with floral ornaments and emblematic eagles, blue endpapers, edges gilt. Note on flyleaf: "livre trouvédans le bagage de l'empereur à Moscou." Bookplate of the Hermitage Library. — (Empress Marie-Louise). Mme la Comtesse Genlis. Palmyre et Flaminie. Paris: Maradan, 1821. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half straight-grain morocco, salmon boards with the Empress's monogram front and rear, plain endpapers and edges. Extremities rubbed, boards slightly sunned.
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