Lot 30
  • 30

Almanach royal 1752

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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Description

  • Almanach royal 1752
  • Almanach Royal année M. DCC. LII. Paris, Le Breton, 1752.
  • Leather, paper
In-8 (206 x 125 mm). Maroquin citron, plaque de Dubuisson (Rahir 184-a), armoiries mosaïquées, dos lisse orné de filets et fleurons, doublure et gardes de soie bleue, tranches dorées (Reliure de l'époque). Large étiquette de Du Buisson le fils, Relieur Doreur collée face au titre.
Quelques très habiles restaurations aux charnières.

Superbe exemplaire aux armes mosaïquées du maréchal duc de Richelieu. Les chevrons sont de maroquin rouge.
Petit-neveu du grand Richelieu, Louis-François-Armand de Vignerot du Plessis fut un brillant courtisan, un diplomate, un homme de guerre (Fontenoy), un homme de la séduction (on compte parmi ses conquêtes la marquise du Châtelet, la baronne de Tencin, la fille du Régent et même Jeanne du Barry à ses débuts...), un généreux mécène, l'ami de Voltaire...



En très bel état.

Condition

Quelques très habiles restaurations aux charnières.
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