FUNCK-BRENTANO, Frantz - La Régence 1715 - 1723. Paris 1909, Goupil Cie, Éditeurs-Imprimeurs. 33 cm, pp. [4]...

FUNCK-BRENTANO, Frantz - La Régence 1715 - 1723. Paris 1909, Goupil Cie, Éditeurs-Imprimeurs. 33 cm, pp. [4], 220, [1], f. plates [53] with illustrations (including color, heliogravures) ; artist's binding : red leather with deep gilt embossing (especially on the 6-panel spine), monarch symbolism on both covers, doublers bordered in gilt leather, top edge of k. gilt, edges outlined in line gilt, linings marbled, publisher's cover preserved,
Issue 1. The book was published in an edition of 500 numbered copies on handmade paper from the Rives manufactory, in an artist's binding attributed to Lucienovi Durvandov (1852-1924). Monograph by French historian and librarian Frantz Funck-Brentano (1862-1947), devoted to the Regency period in France, when Prince Philippe II d'Orléans ruled on behalf of the minor King Louis XV (later husband of Queen Marie Leszczynska), rich period iconography (portraits, historical and genre scenes). Very good condition. A beautiful book and ex.