INVENTORY #118345
Essais Historique sur Paris, de Monsieur de Saintfox.
SAINT-FOIX, Germain-Franois Poullain de
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Germain-Franois Poullain de Saint-Foix (1698-1776) was a real-life Musketeer for France before he began his writing career. In addition to composing 20 comedies, he wrote this collection of historical essay on the city of Paris. French text throughout.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Veuve Duchesnes, Fontain S-Benoit.
- Edition: Cinquieme Edition
- Date Published: 1776
- Place Published: Paris
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
7 Vols. 370p; 336p, x, 374p; 235p; 239, 139p; 487p; and 405p. 17 cm full leather bindings with red and gilt labels on spines. Frontispiece portrait of Saint-Foix in vol. 1. FRENCH language text. Leather shows wear with bumped corners, cracks along some spine and hinges and general scuffing. Front board detached from volume 1. Inside, pages clean and text unmarked.