PROYART Abbe - HISTOIRE DE STANISLAS PREMIER, ROI DE POLOGNE, DUC DE LORRAINE ET DE BAR Volume I-II
Life of Stanislaw Leszczynski, King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1677-1766)
Lyon 1784; P. Bruyset-Ponthus. Paris, chez P. Berton, Au Puy. chez Crespy & Lacombe.Dimensions.17.2x 10.5cm; pages 478, 416.Binding full leather from the epoch, spines richly decorated(rubbing of binding; scratches of binding of vol. 2; small losses in leather - after insects?), decorative lining. Overall nice state of preservation.
Proyart L. B. (1749-1808) French religious writer, Catholic, anti-Masonic, monarchist, author of many biographies.