Histoire critique de l'établissement des Bretons dans les Gaules; et de leur dépendance des rois de France & des ducs de Normandie.
173038444Paris: Chez Nyon Didot & G.F. Quillau 1730. 12mo 16.5 cm 6.5". 2 vols. in 1. 2 72 357 3 ii 375 7 pp. <br><br>For some time one of the most widely read and discussed explanations of the arrival of the Celtic Britons in Armorica though subsequently supplanted by less speculative and more documentable accounts this treatise was written by the Abbé de Vertot 16551735 known as the official historiographer of the Knights of Malta. The present example containing both volumes in one is a reissue of the first edition of 1720 with the leaf following the title-page of the second volume reset and the privilege statement giving 1720; it is now uncommon with WorldCat finding => only one U.S. institutional holding.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Front free endpaper with affixed slip reading "Louis Duval Archiviste du département de l'Orne." Duval 18401917 was a prominent librarian and archivist and co-founder of the still-active Société historique et archéologique de l'Orne. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Brunet not in Graesse. Contemporary mottled sheep spine gilt extra with gilt-stamped leather title-label; rubbed and scuffed overall but gilt sill pleasing with spine extremities chipped. All edges stained red. Ex-library properly deaccessioned: Front pastedown with institutional label gutter of first text page with pencilled gift annotation back free endpaper with affixed bar code lined through; front free endpaper with slip as above. One leaf with minor paper flaw to outer margin; a handful of scattered small spots of foxing pages otherwise nearly pristine. Chez Nyon, Didot, & G.F. Quillau hardcover books
