BRITTANY. - LOBINEAU (Dom Guy-Alexis). - Lot 23

BRITTANY. - LOBINEAU (Dom Guy-Alexis). Histoire de Bretagne, composée sur les titres & les auteurs originaux. Paris, Veuve François Muguet, 1707. 2 volumes in-folio, granite calf, large gilded coat-of-arms on covers, ornate spine, red title-pieces, speckled edges (period binding). First edition of this work, one of the best sources for the history of Brittany. Illustrated with a portrait of Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Count of Toulouse and Admiral of France, copper-engraved by Pitau after Gobert, 21 plates of portraits and recumbents, and 22 plates of 285 seals. A copy bearing the coat of arms of the Estates of Brittany. Armorial bookplate of François Blouet de Camilly, Bishop Count of Toul (18th century). Volume I is incomplete with 8 plates (13 of 21) and 5 leaves of text (pp. 83-84, pp. 787-792 and pp. 823-824). Some foxing and foxing to quires. Binding restored at head, corners and spine.