Histoire de Louis XIV
Amédée Gabourd, Karl Girardet (Illustrator), Robert Haarhaus (Binding designer), Peter A. Wick (Former owner), Mame (Firm) (Publisher, Printer)
Print Book, French, 1846
Ad. Mame et Cie, éditeurs, Tours, 1846
History
[4], [v]-viii, [9]-416 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm.
23414446
"Tours, imp. de Mame"--Colophon
Engraved frontispiece, added title page, and 2 plates hors texte, accompanied by guard sheets
Illustrations engraved by Blanchard after K. Girardet
RBC copy: Binding: Original publisher's polychrome binding, with plaque of Louis XIV on horseback in gold and colors on both covers; spine decorated in gilt and cream; all edges gilt. Cover plaques signed: "Haarhaus. Paris". Bookseller's label on front pastedown: "Libraire, Papeterie, Reliure. Locard, Rue du Temple, à La Rochelle". Blue ink stamp at foot of back pastedown: "J.S." Bookplate: "PAW" [Peter A. Wick]. Ms. notes of previous owner (Wick) on front flyleaf verso