Lot n° 298
Estimation :
150 - 200
EUR
TORTOREL (Jacques) - PERRISSIN (Jean-Jacques) - Lot 298
TORTOREL (Jacques) - PERRISSIN (Jean-Jacques)
Les Grandes scènes historiques du XVIe siècle. Paris, Fischbacher, 1886.
In folio; illustrated with 43 double-page illustrations, each accompanied by an explanatory text, depicting the main episodes of the civil war in France and Henri II's policy of repression against Protestants. Some foxing. Mounted on tabs.
Contemporary mustard percaline à la Bradel, smooth ornate spine, gilt title to center front board framed by a frieze of decorations, fillets and wide gilt lace, beveled boards, rubbed, gilt head.
Reissue edited by Alfred Franklin of this famous work on the Wars of Religion. The plates reproduce in facsimile the extremely rare engravings by Tortorel and Perrissin published in 1569-1570.
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