Conjuration de Nicolas Gabrini, dit De Rienzi, tyran de Rome en 1347. Par le P. Du Cerceau. Nouvelle édition. Tome premier[-troisième] by Rienzo, Cola di, d. 1354.) Du Cerceau, Jean Antoine, SJ, 1670-1730 - 1797

Paris (343, rue de Chartres): Imprimerie de Chaignieau ainé, 1797 ¶ An attractive Revolutionary edition of this influential biography (which Gibbon had used, but Bulwer-Lytton would dismiss), published simultaneously on papier vélin at 18 livres and on papier fin (as here) at 9 livres. ||| Collation: Three volumes 18mo in 6s (133 x 79 mm): 232, 244, 208 leaves; paginated [i-iv] [1] 2-225 [226-228], [i-iv] [1] 2-240, [i-iv] [1] 2-202 [203-204]. Half-titles, final blank 19/6 in volume 1, printer's adverts at end (volume 3, pages [203-204]). Binding: Contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt extra, gilt dentelles, blue watered-silk endleaves, 3 + 3 plain wove flyleaves, blue-and-white headbands, all edges gilt, unsigned. Condition: Very good. Reference: (Not in BN.) Provenance: Beatrice Reiter Leval (1911-2004), of New York, picture-collector. ||| For further details please contact Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts, as below. Pour plus de détails, veuillez contacter Jay Dillon Rare Books + Manuscripts, comme ci-dessous..