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HISTOIRE DE L’ACADEMIE ROYALE AND MEMOIRES DE LITTERATURE, ILLUSTR., T. 12 FRENCH 1740 1. HISTOIRE DE L’ACADEMIE ROYALE DES INSCRIPTIONS ET BELLES LETTRE ILLUSTRATED BY 3 PLATES & 5 FOLDED ENGRAVED PLATES, ENGRAVED INITIALS, DECORATIONS AND VIGNETTES 2. MEMOIRES DE LITTERATURE TIREZ DES REGISTRES DE L’ACADEMIE ROYALE DES INSCRIPTIONS ET BELLES LETTRES 1740, T. 12 ILLUSTRATED BY INITIAL, DECORATIONS AND VIGNETTES A Paris, de l’Imprimerie Royale., 1740., 6, 357 pp. & 427 pp. WITH 2 LITHOGRAPHED EXLIBRISES OF Norfolk & Norwich Library: John Henry Gurney. GOLD STAMPED LEATHER HARD COVER, MARMORIAL END PAPERS AND EDGES, SIZE: 26 x 20 cm., CONDITION: TEARS TO HINGES OF SPINE , DAMAGE TO TOP AND BOTTTOM OF SPINE, BINDING STILL TIGHT; WEAR AND RUBBING TO COVER, EDGES CHIPPED; CORNERS BUMPED AND CHIPPED; YELLOWING AND BROWN PAPER; SOME PAGES WITH FOXING STAINS; SEVERAL WORM HOLES TO MOST OF PAGES WEIGHT: 1900 gr. John Henry Gurney (4 July 1819 – 20 April 1890) was an English banker , amateur ornithologist , and Liberal Party [1] politician of the Gurney family .