Lot no. 139
[PRAULT, Louis-Laurent]. - L'Esprit d'Henri IV, ou Anecdotes les plus intéressantes, traits sublimes, réparties ingénieuses & quelques lettres de ce prince. Nouvelle édition augmentée - A Paris, chez Prault fils, 1775 - In-12 with 1 front port, (2) ff, VI-(2)-407 pp ; marbled havana basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, fleurons and motifs, red morocco title-piece, triple gilt filleting on covers. (Contemporary binding). Edition decorated with a copper-engraved portrait of Henri IV by Louis-Jean Cathelin after Charles-Nicolas Cochin, and a vignette engraved on the title. Heads and corners worn, spines split.
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