Lot 146
Tournois (Les) du Roi René. D'après le manuscrit et les dessins originaux de la Bibliothèque Royale, hand-coloured lithographed plates, 1826
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Tournois (Les) du Roi René. D'après le manuscrit et les dessins originaux de la Bibliothèque Royale, lithographed additional pictorial title and 20 plates, all with fine hand-colouring, lithographed title, lacking lithographed half-title, additional title with repaired tear running into image and with repaired tear and some spotting and soiling to margins, scattered spotting to text, occasional light spotting or toning to plates, mostly marginal, the odd short repaired tear to margins, some scuffing and wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, large folio, Firmin-Didot, J. Dubois and Ch. Motte, 1826[-27].
⁂ Rare work, reproducing one of five manuscripts in the National Library of Paris celebrating the 1450 tournaments of King René. We can trace only one example at auction.
Description
Tournois (Les) du Roi René. D'après le manuscrit et les dessins originaux de la Bibliothèque Royale, lithographed additional pictorial title and 20 plates, all with fine hand-colouring, lithographed title, lacking lithographed half-title, additional title with repaired tear running into image and with repaired tear and some spotting and soiling to margins, scattered spotting to text, occasional light spotting or toning to plates, mostly marginal, the odd short repaired tear to margins, some scuffing and wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, large folio, Firmin-Didot, J. Dubois and Ch. Motte, 1826[-27].
⁂ Rare work, reproducing one of five manuscripts in the National Library of Paris celebrating the 1450 tournaments of King René. We can trace only one example at auction.