Henri II makes his bookmark

FRANCE: A SET of 56 folio engraved plates by the Renaissance draughtsman and engraver Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (Paris c.1560), showing various Renaissance furniture designs ranging from buffets and tables to wardrobes and beds, below right, tripled hopes on Fr70,000 (£6800) in Chartres on January 21.

A first edition of the sumptuous record of the triumphal Entrée de Henri II à Rouen, a 1551 quarto v…

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