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Lot 57
Sale 5125 - Fine Book Sale
Sep 23, 2004
6:00AM ET
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Lot Description
1 vol.
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1 vol.
Patte, (Pierre). Monumens Eriges en France a la Gloire de Louis XV. Paris, 1765. First edition. Folio, contemp. calf-backed bds.; worn, spine rather rubbed. 57 engraved plates (many folding). Scattered light foxing, plates generally clean; several text leaves somewhat foxed, a few front signatures browned. Some marginal worming - not affecting text or images. Complete with errata.
Notable for a series of plates depicting early city planning.
From the library of Edmund Bacon.