TURPIN de CRISSE (Lancelot Comte de). - Lot 100

TURPIN de CRISSE (Lancelot Comte de). Commentaires de César, with historical, critical and military notes. A Montargis, de l'imprimerie de Cl. Lequatre, Et se vend à Paris, chez Leclerc, de Bure et Jombert, 1785, 3 vol. gr. in-4, ill. h.-t., Bound in full contemporary leather, spine ribbed and decorated with flowers, boards decorated with the arms of a marquis decorated with the orders of Saint-Esprit and Saint-Michel. Binding rubbed, spine torn in places and boards stained. Very fine work illustrated with a portrait of the author, drawn by Pujos and engraved by Picquenot, an engraved portrait of Caesar, an allegorical vignette engraved on the titles and 40 folded engraved plates. Provenance: Descendants of the Turpin de Crissé family.