Alphonse Vétault & Leon Gauthier - Charlemagne - 1877

Superb illustrated edition of this important historical study devoted to the life, work and heritage of Charlemagne, sovereign who dominated Western Europe between the end of the 8th century and the beginning of the 9th century and who remains one of the most striking figures of the Middle Ages -

In this work published in 1877, Alphonse Vétault and Léon Gautier trace with precision the origins of the Carolingian dynasty, the rise of Charlemagne after his father Pepin the Short, his early military campaigns and the circumstances that allowed him to build an immense empire spanning a large part of Western Europe -

The authors describe in detail the numerous wars waged against the Lombards in Italy, the Saxons in Germany, the Avars of Central Europe and the frontier populations of the Iberian Peninsula, showing how these conquests contributed to the political and religious unification of vast territories under Frankish authority -

Alphonse Vétault & Leon Gauthier - Charlemagne - 1877 - Alfred Mame et Fils -
556 pp

Good condition of the binding, the work in its original red half-leather with corners, marbled boards, signs of use, a few minor defects on the cover, corners worn as well as the top edge, speckled edges, spine with decorative cords, gilded titling and author name, gilded borders on the boards -

Very good interior condition, rare foxing, beautiful vignette on the title page, text in two columns, enriched with beautiful engravings in color and in black both within and outside the text including a frontispiece, marbled endpapers in good condition, a charming copy -

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