J. Michelet; Viollet-le-Duc

Jules Michelet, History of the French Revolution, Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, illustrated edition, circa 1868. Complete set in 4 quarto volumes, illustrated with numerous reproductions of drawings after Viollet-le-Duc, Vierge, Bayard, Schuler, Philippoteaux, Riou, Clerget, Raffet, La Charlerie, Guiaud, Viallat and other artists. Volume I contains 178 drawings; the four volumes together total about 800 illustrations. Text printed in two columns. Bindings in half-leather red/bordeaux, spines decorated with gilded fillets and fleurs-de-lys, gilded titles. Overall homogeneous and decorative. Condition: good overall for 19th-century works. Bindings showing some rubbing and signs of use; gilding well preserved. Interiors to be checked, with possible foxing related to age.

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