Lot no. 318
THIERRY (Augustin). Histoire de la conquête de l'Angleterre par les Normands, de ses causes et de ses suites jusqu'à nos jours, en Angleterre, en Ecosse, en Irlande et sur le continent. Fifth edition. Paris, Just Tessier, 1838. 4 volumes in-8 of text and 1 atlas in-4 oblong, all uniformly bound in brown half-chagrin, decorated smooth spines, gilt title and tomaison, gilt fillet on covers (period binding). Spines slightly browned. The illustration consists of 34 (7+7+9+11) engraved plates out of text for the text volumes and 4 maps and 10 plates for the atlas. Occasional heavy foxing. With a modern handwritten note on the verso of an envelope addressed to the Baron de la Brousse, inserted before the title of volume I: "[...] Nos 4 volumes [...] nous proviennent de la bibliothèque de notre g[ran]d père de Franqueville-Tesson du Mont-de-la-Vigne". Ex-libris JM.
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