Edmond and Jules de GONCOURT. Histoire de Marie-Antoinette. - Lot 143

Edmond and Jules de GONCOURT. Histoire de Marie-Antoinette. - The Mistresses of Louis XV. 2 volumes. - La Femme au dix-huitième siècle. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1858-1862. 3 works in 4 volumes in-8, blue half-maroquin with corners, spines with 5 ornate nerves, gilt heads, covers (V. Champs). Carteret, I-352 to 354 / Vicaire, III-1035, 1043, 1045 /// (2f.)-429 // I. XVI-321-(1f.) / II. (2f.)-304-(1f.) // (3f.)-III-459-(1f.). Reunion, in a homogeneous binding, of three first-edition works. Copies full of hors texte plates by various artists, including 23 for Histoire de Marie-Antoinette, 11 for Les Maîtresses de Louis XV (including 6 in 4 states) and 11 for La Femme au dix-huitième siècle. Beautifully bound by Victor Champs. Some rubbing to the spines of Les Maîtresses de Louis XV and a few more pronounced freckles at the beginning of 2 volumes.