Lot n° 1367

La France illustre, ou Le Plutarque français, contenant l’histoire ou éloge historique des ministres, des généraux, & des magistrats [- Tableau historique de la marine française].

Estimation : 400 / 600
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
Nice collection of biographies and portraits of leading French marshals, generals, admirals, ministers, by F.-H. Turpin (1709-1799). Ill. with 46 full-page engr. portraits by various artists after Vincenzo Vangelisti: i.a. Maurice de Saxe, Turgot, Turenne, Sully, Coligny, Colbert, Richelieu, Mazarin, Jean Bart, Vauban. Titles of instalments preserved. An additional 5th vol. was published in 1790 (not present here). Bookseller’s stamp. Unidentified gilt arms at tail of spines.
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