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Lot 97

LARREY (ISAAC DE)
Histoire d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande; avec un abregé des évènements les plus remarquables arrivez dans les autres Etats, 4 vol., Rotterdam, Reinier Leers, 1707-1697-1698, Fritsch et Bühm, 1713

19 August 2020, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£40,000 - £60,000

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LARREY (ISAAC DE)

Histoire d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande; avec un abregé des évènements les plus remarquables arrivez dans les autres Etats, 4 vol., 2 engraved frontispieces, 67 beaux portraits by van der Werff, after Vermeulen, P. à Gunst, G. Valck, Audran, Ch. Simonneau, Drevet and E. Desrochers, occasional light toning, contemporary red crushed morocco with GILT ARMS OF MADAME DE POMPADOUR ON COVERS [Olivier 2399 fer 1], enclosed within 3 filet gilt border, spines gilt in 7 compartments, 2 with grey-brown morocco lettering labels, the others with pomegranate devices within elaborate borders, g.e., small scuff to cover of vol. 4, folio (370 x 230mm.), Rotterdam, Reinier Leers, 1707-1697-1698, Fritsch et Bühm, 1713

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FINELY BOUND FOR MADAME DE POMPADOUR, the mistress of Louis XV. A patron of the arts, she assembled a huge library, encompassing literature, history, philosophy, and many other fields. "Long before she had met the King, her friendships had extended to Voltaire as well the authors of the great Encyclopédie. When Louis XV banned its publication she persuaded him to allow private subscribers to receive their copies" (Amanda Foreman, introduction to Nancy Mitford's biography, 2001). Isaac de Larrey (1639-1719) was a Protestant historian, who fled to Holland in around 1685; there, he was appointed historiographer to the States General.

Provenance: Jean-Antoinette Poisson, marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764), binding; her sale, 1765, lot 3185.

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