[FRENCH HISTORY]. Michel Felibien. Histoire De La Ville De Paris. Reveue, Augmentee et Mise au Jour par D. Guy-Alexis Lobineau. Vols 1 & 2 only (of 5). Paris: Guillaume Desprez et Jean Dessessartz, 1725. Folio (15.25 inches). Contemporary mottled calf, all edges red, marbled endpapers. Corners worn, small chip out of leather at top of front cover Vol I, and leather along that front joint separated. Edges of Vol 2 partly worn, very short split to front joint. Interiors largely in very good condition. Half-title, engraved frontis after Hallé, [18],[i-cxcx],[1]-675; title, [677]-1544,[i]-lvi pages. Vol 1: one full-page and two double-page engravings, three head-pieces. Vol 2: two double-page engravings, engraved headpiece. Brunet II: p.188. Estimate $200-300
PROVENANCE: Estate of Ambassador and Mrs. William H.G. FitzGerald, Washington, DC, by descent from Ignaz Petschek and Nikodem Caro, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
