VIGNY (Alfred de). Cinq-Mars, or A Conspiracy Under Louis XI - Lot 48

Lot n° 48
Go to lot
Estimation :
300 - 350 EUR
Register for the sale on drouot.com
VIGNY (Alfred de). Cinq-Mars, or A Conspiracy Under Louis XI - Lot 48
VIGNY (Alfred de). Cinq-Mars, or A Conspiracy Under Louis XIII. Paris, Urbain Canel, 1826. 2 vols. in-8, [2] leaves, 411 pp. + [2] leaves, 491 pp. contemporary fawn-colored glazed half-basane, smooth spine, author’s name, title, and volume numbers in gold, gold fillets and scrolls, blind-stamped fillets and fleurons, marbled edges (minor flaws including a slightly faded spine, scuffing at the head and foot, minor worm damage at the tail of a page; foxing, small tear repaired in the margin of vol. 2, p. 199, small stain in the margin of p. 485). First edition, “extremely rare” according to Carteret (II, 452), of this novel considered to be the first French historical novel. A copy with wide margins (h = 200 mm.) (Vicaire, VII, 1053; Rahir, 672). Provenance: De Mun family (19th-century bookplate “Bibliothèque de Lumigny”). Owned since the mid-18th century by the philosopher Helvétius, the Château de Lumigny became, through marriage, the property of the de Mun family, whose most famous member was Albert de Mun (1841–1914), a royalist politician and social Catholic.
My orders
Sale information
Sales conditions
Return to catalogue