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247 - TROUVÉ (Claude-Joseph), Baron I/ A Historical Essay on the E…
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TROUVÉ (Claude-Joseph), Baron I/ A Historical Essay on the Estates-General of the Province of Languedoc – II/ A General and Statistical Description of the Department of Aude. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1818. 2 volumes in-4: XIX, 584pp.; illustrated with the coats of arms of the Estates of Languedoc on the frontispiece, 2 maps and 2 plans, as well as a synoptic table of the Canal du Midi, all fold-outs / VIII, 679pp., (1); illustrated with the coats of arms of four towns in the Aude on the frontispiece, a colour fold-out map, and six fold-out plates (view and plan of the city of Carcassonne; view of Castelnaudary; view and plan of ancient Narbonne). That is to say, a total of 3 fold-out maps (including one in colour of the Aude department), 3 fold-out views (Carcassonne – Castelnaudary – Narbonne), 4 plans, 2 plates of coats of arms and a synoptic table. ½ contemporary light brown sheepskin, red title labels, bronze volume numbers; leather missing at the top of the spine of volume 2. First edition of this important historical, statistical and administrative work. The first volume contains a historical study dating back to the Roman conquest, a description of the various dioceses of Languedoc, and the history of public works and canals; the second provides a very detailed study of the Aude, covering its topography, geology, descriptions of towns and villages, population, customs, agriculture, industry, trade, fishing, etc.
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