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an old book sitting on top of a wooden book standa close up of a piece of wood with a piece of paper on ita close up of a book on a table with a black backgroundan open book with a picture of a church and a church steeplea picture of a book with a picture of a battle on it
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Estimate €100 - €130
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BOURASSE La Touraine 1856 Tours, Alfred Mame et Cie, 1856. Folio, half-vellum with rear corners Half-title page, title page, 610 pp., (1) p., 4 colour lithographs out of text (including the frontispiece), 14 figures out of text engraved on steel after Karl Girardet and Français, 1 map out of text and 262 wood-engraved vignettes in the text The most famous and the most beautiful work devoted to Touraine. This book has been unanimously hailed as the masterpiece of typography and illustration of its century. Presented at the 1855 Great Exhibition in Paris, it was awarded the Grand Medal of Honour by the international jury. Brunet I, 1174; Taschereau, 17. Carteret, *Le Trésor du bibliophile*, III, 103. Pierre Duchemin, “Abbé Bourassé and two monumental works: *La Touraine, Histoire et Monuments* and *La Sainte Bible*, with illustrations by Gustave Doré”, *Mémoires de la Société archéologique de Touraine*, LXX, 2013, pp. 73–85.
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Auction time 10/21/2026 at 10:00 AM
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