[BINDINGS]. JAMES, George Payne Rainsford ("G.P.R. James") (1799-1860). The Life and Times of Louis the Fourteenth. London: Richard Bentley, 1838-1839.

4 volumes extended to 8, 8vo (221 x 136 mm). Half-titles, additional titles printed in red and black to each vol., frontispieces in 4 vols., numerous plates. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the addition of over 300 engravings and etchings and lithographs, window mounted or mounted (a few with hand-coloring or folding). (Some minor spotting, offsetting and soiling, a few tears with repairs.) 20th-century half red morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 3 compartments, 4 gilt-decorated, top edges gilt, others uncut (a touch of wear to spine ends). Provenance: sold The Monastery Hill Bindery (description laid in).

FIRST EDITION, EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with a profusion of 18th-and-19th-century plates depicting portraits, buildings, scenes, plans, and maps.
Property from the Fred and Kay Krehbiel Collection

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