(FRENCH CROWN JEWELS.)

nault, Louis. Les Diamants de la Couronne. 8 photographic plates. 8vo, original lettered wrappers, fragile, edges chipped, split down center of text block; inked ownership signature on half-title. Paris: E. Bernard et Cie, 1884 first and only edition of the French Crown Jewels catalogue published just before their sale in the same year and exhibited in the Salle Des tats, Tuileries, Paris. In the preface, nault regrets the need for the sale and suggests that they be kept for exhibition in Paris like the English Crown Jewels. "Valuable historical reference. Scarce"--Sinkankas 1895.