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27 - [DU MÈGE (Alexandre)]. ARCHÉOLOGIE PYRÉNÉENNE.
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[DU MÈGE (Alexandre)]. ARCHÉOLOGIE PYRÉNÉENNE. Atlas des prolégomènes. Large folio, ½ midnight blue sheepskin, smooth spine divided by gilt bands, gilt bands and fleurons, gilt title (contemporary binding) ; [no title page], 8 pages of text in two columns describing 41 plates numbered 1 to 41, 34 plates. Plate no. 19 uniformly browned, with a few scattered foxing spots. FIRST EDITION of this RARE ATLAS, entirely mounted on tabs, which completes the 3 volumes published in Toulouse by Delboy in 1858–1862. Its collation is completely irregular: this copy comprises 28 PLATES (including 7 double-page plates) [out of 49], numbered from 1 to 49 [MISSING are plates nos. 1, 6, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 21 to 28, 30 to 33, 38, 40], followed by a new numbering sequence for 4 plates (including 2 double-page plates) numbered from 1 to 6, and 2 unnumbered plates with tinted backgrounds, depicting Saint Cecilia’s Cathedral in Albi. From the LIBRARY of the Marquis DADVISARD, with a heraldic bookplate pasted to the inside front cover. ¶ Dendaletche, 2595, which lists 39 plates.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 11/18/2026 at 2:15 PM
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