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Austria Annals of the Reign of Maria Theresa, Dowager Empress, Queen.. 1775
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FROMAGEOT Abbot:
Annals of the reign of Maria Theresa, Dowager Empress, Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, &. &. &. Dedicated to the Queen.
In Paris, at Prault fils and at the author’s, 1775. In-12 of [4]-337-[3] pages, beautiful full marbled calfskin binding, gilded edge , rubbed corners, a gap of 3 cm on a cover, decorated with 2 medallion portraits by Gucher after Moreau and 4 inserts after Moreau the younger engraved by Duclos, de Launay, Prévost and Simonet. A restored sheet, interior well preserved otherwise. The frontispiece engraved by Cathelin after Ducreux is missing.
First edition of what Cohen considers « one of the most successful works of Moreau the younger ».
FROMAGEOT Abbot: Annals of the reign of Maria Theresa, Dowager Empress, Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, &. &. &. Dedicated to the Queen. In Paris, at Prault fils and at the author’s, 1775. In-12 of [4]-337-[3] pages, beautiful full marbled calfskin binding, gilded edge , rubbed corners, a gap of 3 cm on a cover, decorated with 2 medallion portraits by Gucher after Moreau and 4 inserts after Moreau the younger engraved by Duclos, de Launay, Prévost and Simonet. A restored sheet, interior well preserved otherwise. The frontispiece engraved by Cathelin after Ducreux is missing. First edition of what Cohen considers « one of the most successful works of Moreau the younger ».








