Bidspirit auction | Martin, Henri. Histoire de France.

Martin, Henri. Histoire de France. Furne, 1858. Fourth Edition. - A set of six volumes from the historical work Histoire de France depuis les temps les plus recules jusqu'en 1789 by Henri Martin. This group includes Tomes 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13 of the Fourth Edition (Quatrième Édition) published in Paris by Furne, Libraire-Editeur in 1858. The text is printed in French by J. Claye. Each volume is bound in quarter leather with four raised bands, gilt rules, and gilt-stamped lettering on the spines. The boards and text block edges are finished with marbled paper. The title page of Tome XIII features a printer's device with the initials CF and notes the work was awarded the Grand Prix Gobert by the Academie Française in 1856.