La Galerie des Rois
BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1291
Author
Champion, Pierre
Title
La Galerie des Rois
Statement of responsibility
Par Pierre Champion
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
Éditions Bernard Grasset
Series
Histoire de France; Origines–Moyen-Âge–Renaissance
Printer
Imprimerie Floch
Date
1934
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: Éditions Bernard Grasset, 1934
Language
French
Tirage
Edition partly printed on vélin pur fil Lafuma; ordinary copy on papier Alfa Navarre; limitation statement preserved
Collation
373 pages; table of contents; bibliographical note
Illustrations
None
Format
In-8º écu
Dimensions
Not determined
Typographic signatures
Not verified from the supplied images
Paper type
Alfa Navarre paper; part of the edition printed on vélin pur fil Lafuma
Watermarks
Not visible in the supplied images
Printing condition
French serif typography; clean and carefully executed printing
Binding type
Deluxe full leather binding
Colours
Dark garnet and brown
Decoration
Gilt decoration on spine; decorative fillets and tools; marbled endpapers
Spine
Spine with false raised bands; gilt title; gilt decoration between bands
Content description
Historical work on the French monarchy from its origins to the death of Henry IV. The author develops a historical synthesis of the political and dynastic evolution of France through a literary and historical narrative
Note 1
French historical edition from the interwar period
Note 2
Copy preserving the limitation statement
Note 3
Part of a collection devoted to the history of France
Note 4
Decorative quality binding, later or presentation style
Note 5
Elegantly bound and well-preserved copy
Main subject
History of the French monarchy
Subsubjects
Kings of France; French political history; royal dynasties; Henry IV; French historiography; medieval and Renaissance monarchy
Shelfmark
1291
Condition
Very good; solid binding; clean interior with slight signs of use
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Decorative marbled endpapers; elegantly bound copy; limitation statement present