PARIS.-SAINT-FOIX (Germain-François de). Essais historiques - Lot 346

PARIS.-SAINT-FOIX (Germain-François de). Essais historiques sur Paris. Paris, veuve Duchesne, 1766. 6 vol. in-12, 9.5 x 16 cm, 1 f., 370 pp. frontispiece & 336 pp. & 374 pp. & 236 pp. & 240 + 140 pp. & 1 f., 488 pp. period binding in marbled fawn calf, spines decorated with faux-nerfs and gilded motifs. Historical guide to Paris and its monuments, with numerous anecdotes on French history. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. The polygrapher Saint-Foix (1698-1776) was an officer of the Order of the Holy Spirit. Bookplates torn off in each volume. A few small stains. Spines rubbed, some headpieces damaged. Joint: [GUILLOT DE MONTJOYE (François)]. Description historique des curiosités de l'église de Paris, contenant le détail de l'édifice, tant extérieur qu'intérieur, le trésor, les chapelles, tombeaux, épitaphes, & l'explication des tableaux, avec les noms des peintres, &c. Paris, Claude-Pierre Gueffier, 1763. In-12, 9 x 16 cm, 462 pp. 3 ff. 6 folded plates, contemporary binding in marbled fawn calf, spine decorated with gilt motifs. Expanded second edition. Important description of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, illustrated with 6 engraved plates, by Abbé de Montjoye, canon of Notre-Dame from 1745 to 1780. Last two leaves detached. Binding rubbed, jaws partly split.