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Hôtel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand

Estimate €60 - €120
Description
MISCELLANEOUS. - COCHET (Abbé). Gallic, Roman, Frankish and Norman Burials, a follow-up to *La Normandie souterraine*. Paris, Didron..., Derache, 1857; 8vo. XVI-452 pp. – frontispiece and one folded plate, numerous illustrations in the text. Index. Contemporary English binding in light-coloured half-calf, corner pieces, ribbed spine, title label. - An old gift inscription, in ink, on the flyleaf. Half-title not retained by the bookbinder. Some scuffing to the binding, a few faint foxing spots. - COURSON (Aurélien de). A few words in response to Mr P. Varin’s essay… on the colonisation of the Armorican peninsula. Saint-Brieuc, Prud’homme, 1841, 8vo, 2ff.-52pp. Bradel binding in burgundy cloth, title running lengthwise. (Laurenchet Workshops). This entry responds to a text by Varin included in Part 3 of the reprint of the *Dictionnaire de Bretagne* by Ogée. - DA FONSECA (José). Novo Diccionario Francez - Portuguez. Compiled from the finest and most modern dictionaries of the two nations, and in particular from the very latest works by Boiste, Laveau, Raymond, etc... Paris, Aillaud, Monlon, 1858, in-8, 2ff.-V-955pp. Contemporary binding in bottle-green shagreen, covers entirely covered with an ornamental cold-stamped plate, ribbed spine with gilt fillets and fleurons, marbled edges. - A fine copy, in a decorative binding. A few faint foxing spots, more pronounced on the first two leaves. - HALT (Robert Charles Vieu, known as...). Papers salvaged from the Tuileries. Correspondence of the imperial family. Paris, Dentu, 1871, large 8vo, 2ff.-VI-292pp. Contemporary red half-chagrin binding, ribbed spine. - Very minor flaws to the binding. First edition. - NOURRISSON (Jean-Félix). National Sovereignty and the Revolution. Paris, Didier, 1872, small 8vo booklet, 2ff.-82pp. Bound in red half-maroquin, corners, ribbed spine, finely decorated panels, gilt head, cover preserved. (Binding signed Thierry). - A luxuriously bound copy. The philosopher Jean-Félix Nourrisson, professor at the Collège de France and member of the Institut, was born in Thiers in 1825. He had taught in Clermont-Ferrand. Text printed in large type.
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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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