BERGER DE XIVREY (Jules). COLLECTION OF THE CORRESPONDENCE O - Lot 27

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BERGER DE XIVREY (Jules). COLLECTION OF THE CORRESPONDENCE O - Lot 27
BERGER DE XIVREY (Jules). COLLECTION OF THE CORRESPONDENCE OF HENRY IV, published by M. Berger de Xivrey. Paris, Royal [later Imperial] Printing Office, 1843–76. Nine large quarto volumes in long-grained red morocco, covers adorned with frames of gilded fillets and chains, a large central diamond pattern consisting of broad gilded lace, the monogram “L. O.” crowned and stamped in gold at the center of the covers, decorated spine, gilt title, date at the bottom, gold-filleted edges and caps, inner border, gilt head (contemporary binding). Foxing in the first 7 volumes. A modern bookplate is pasted to the front endpaper of each volume. FIRST EDITION, published in the “Collection of Unpublished Documents on the History of France,” printed on laid paper and illustrated with fold-out plates reproducing facsimiles of the sovereign’s letters. COMPLETE SET OF 9 VOLUMES, comprising the seven volumes of correspondence covering the years 1562–1610 and the two supplementary volumes published by Joseph Guadet in 1872 and 1876. A MAGNIFICENT COPY IN MOROCCAN LEATHER MONOGRAMMED with the initials of Louis-Charles-Philippe-Raphaël d’ORLÉANS, DUKE OF NEMOURS (1814–1896). He owned a large library that was dispersed at auction in 1931 and 1932. The binding, of very fine workmanship, is in PERFECT CONDITION; surprisingly, it is unsigned. ¶ OHR, 2585-11.
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