LAVALLÉE, Théophile. Histoire des Français depuis le temps des Gaulois jusqu'en 1830. Published in Paris by J.Hetzel et Paulin in 1841. 4 volumes in-12, duck-blue and anthracite half-chagrin, smooth spines adorned with cold-stamped fillets, gilded fillets and dotted lines, title and tomaison in gold lettering, speckled edges. Contemporary binding. II, 1 ff.n.ch, 460 pp. ; 492 pp. ; 524 pp. and 8 pp. of catalog ; 559 pp. Rubbing to leather. Some foxing to first leaves and margins. Third edition of this Histoire des français, depuis le temps des gaulois jusqu'à la restauration, from the point of view of an Orléanist, Théophile Lavallée, who was also the first French theorist of military geography. Complete with 4 volumes in 4 volumes, composed as follows: Volume 1. History of the Gauls, history of the Franks, history of the French up to 1328. Volume 2. Histoire des Français sous les Valois, ou la France constituée en monarchie féodale avec les Etats-Généraux, âge de transition de la Féodalité. Volume 3. History of the French under the Bourbons (1589-1789). Volume 4. History of the Revolution (1789-1830). Together homogeneous except for volume 4, bound in anthracite half-chagrin. Pleasant set, very fresh inside.