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7 volumes: - COOKE (George-Alexander). Topographical and statistical description of the county of Lancaster. London, Cooke, (c.1820), small 12mo, 322 pp. – 1 folio – folded map. Fawn calfskin, wide gilt lace edging, plain spine decorated with small metal stamps, title label. (English binding, contemporary). – Ex-libris and signature on the title page: John Lyons Nixon. Hinges slightly rubbed (seams are sound), corners slightly bumped. Statistics, civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions, tourism, roads, places of interest, trade, agriculture… Printed in small type. - CROSNIER (The Abbé). Elements of Archaeology for Use in Seminaries and Educational Institutions. Tours, Mame, 1845, in-16, 180 pp. – 12 line-engraved plates. Bound in brown half-maroquin, corners, smooth spine decorated lengthwise with a border of gold fillets and dotted lines, gold florets, gilt head. (Late 19th-century binding). - A well-bound copy. Water damage to the upper margin of the first few leaves; foxing throughout the volume. Abbé Crosnier, parish priest and dean of Donzy, curate and archdeacon of St-Bethléem-les-Clamecy, was one of the founders of the Société Nivernaise des Lettres, Sciences et Art, which he presided over. - [CUISIN (J.-P.-R.)]. Young Storytellers, or Leisure Activities at Boarding School. Short Stories, Moral Tales and Historical Accounts, interspersed with insights into the Customs of Nations and Illustrious Figures… By P. C.***, author of *The Mentor of Childhood*… Paris, Locard and Davi, 1825, in-16, 214 pp. – 6 plates. Bound in fawn-coloured, grain-textured sheepskin, smooth spine, title label. (Contemporary binding). – Price label on the inside front cover. Upper hinge cracked. – FABRE (Ferdinand). Julien Savignac. With two drawings by Jean-Paul Laurens, etched by Ch. Courtry. Paris, Charpentier, 1884, in-16 (7 x 10.8 cm), 2 folios – 362 pp. – 1 folio – 2 etchings as inserts. Contemporary binding in light-coloured half-calf, ribbed spine with gilt fillets and dotted lines, title labels, gilt edges. – A charming copy, well bound. (Charpentier ‘Petite bibliothèque’ collection). - [LAFEUILLE (Miss)]. A Sketch from the Life of Charlemagne, Short Story. Paris, published by Mademoiselle Lafeuille, bookseller, 1810, in-16, 2ff.-120pp.- frontispiece. Contemporary binding in fawn half-basane, smooth spine, gilt friezes and leaves, title label. - A fine copy. - LEVI (D.). Historical Sketches or A Methodical Course in History, composed according to a new plan and containing graded summaries of the history of the principal peoples of Europe... 9° edition, revised and improved. Paris, published by the author, 1835, small 12mo, 396 pages. Contemporary bottle-green half-basane binding, smooth spine, sets of gilt fillets, gilt fleurons, marbled edges. - A charming copy, fresh and well-bound. - SCHMID (Canon Christophe de). [Polychrome cardboard binding]. Henri d’Eichenfels, or How Henri Came to Know God. Translated from the German by Schmid, by F.-C. Gérard. Paris, Langlumé and Peltier, (circa 1840), in-16, 178 pp. – engraved title page illustrated with a vignette, frontispiece and 2 plates. Publisher’s ivory-coloured cardboard binding, covers and spine covered with a three-colour neo-Gothic design featuring plants and figures. – Binding slightly soiled, but free from damage. Pinholes inside; the plates are yellowed.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS at 11.00 am and 2.00 pm
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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