LIMIERS (Henri Philippe de) - Lot 526

LIMIERS (Henri Philippe de) Histoire du règne de Louis XIV, roi de France et de Navarre. Amsterdam, La Compagnie, 1720. 3 volumes in-4; 12 portraits hors texte (including one frontispiece). One portrait torn and missing (in volume III). Clumsy paper restorations (title page). Mottling in volume I. Contemporary brown basane, ornate spine bands, red title-pieces, 2 headpieces torn off, 2 headpieces damaged, small leather tears, clumsy restorations. Working copy. Attached: GIRARD: Histoire de la vie duc d'Espernon divisée en trois parties. Paris, Montalant, 1730. In-4: 6f. 646pp; frontispiece portrait. Contemporary fawn calf, spine ribbed, red title-piece, headbands foxed, arms in second box, triple cold fillet framing the boards, bumping, spalling and rubbing, minor other defects, corners dulled, red edges. Provenance: Printed bookplate of Charles de Baschi, Marquis d'Aubaïs. Set of 5 volumes (another volume II of the history of Louis XIV is appended). Texts not collated.