H. Sanson – “H. Sanson – Mémoires des Sanson (6 vols, 1863) – Ex-Bibliotheca Gustave Van Brée – Provenance with – 1863-1863

Complete 6-volume set of “Mémoires des Sanson” by H. Sanson, published in Paris in 1863.This important historical work contains the memoirs of the Sanson dynasty, the official executioners of Paris during the French Revolution, including the period of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton and Robespierre.The set is bound in a uniform 19th-century bibliophile half-leather binding with gilt titles on the spines.Volumes I and VI bear the heraldic Ex Libris of the famous Belgian bibliophile Gustave Van Brée. The set also includes an original mourning card issued by the Van Brée family after the death of Madame Gustave Van Brée, which provides documented historical provenance for the entire set.Such family documents are extremely rare to find preserved with books and confirm that this set comes from the Van Brée family library.A rare opportunity to acquire a complete and highly desirable edition of one of the most important historical memoirs of the French Revolution, with documented bibliophile provenance.