Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Thu, Oct 20, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 245
FLECHIER, Esprit (1632?1719). Histoire de Theodose le Grand...
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FLECHIER, Esprit (1632?1719). Histoire de Theodose le Grand, pour Monseigneur le Dauphin. Paris: Sebastien Mabre?Cramoisy, 1679. 4to (248 x 178 mm). Engraved printer?s device on title?page, allegorical and historiated head? and tail?pieces, engraved initials, 17?pp. table at end (some light dust soiling or browning at title margins). 19th century quarter olive sheep gilt (boards and extremes a bit rubbed, small split to compartment on spine panel, some marginal spotting or browning). Provenance: early illegible ownership signature on title?page; Vincent Lloyd?Russell (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, of Flechier?s work on the life and political reign of Theodosius I? the last emperor to rule the Roman Empire.
