1869 · Boston:
by GUIZOT, Francois Pierre Guillaume (1787-1874).
Boston:: Dana Estes and Charles E. Lauriat, [1869]., 1869. Six volumes. Small 4to. 418; 412; 383; 448; 678, 668, [4 ads] pp. Half titles, frontispieces, red and black decorative title in vol. 1, color map (vol. 1), steel engravings and numerous woodcuts; small ink stain p. 5 and printed number on verso of plate facing p.193 (vol. 1), occasional light foxing. Original gilt and blind stamped half dark brown morocco over textured maroon cloth, marbled fore-edges and endpapers; slightly rubbed/gnawed. Previous owner’s ink signature. Very good. HANDSOME LEATHER BOUND SET. Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot was a noted French historian, orator, and statesman. His Popular History of France is an attractive and engrossing narrative, here presented in an easily readable English translation by Robert Black. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL APPLY.
(Inventory #: LLV2397)