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AUVERGNE: 8 works.
See original version (French)
104
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AUVERGNE: 8 works.
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €150
Voluntary lot
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AUVERGNE: 8 works.
- MALEGUE (Jean-Antoine-Hippolyte). Album of the tapestries in the church at La Chaise-Dieu.
Paris, Didron, (circa 1860), oblong quarto album, 5 leaves – 22 plates drawn by Camille Robert and line-engraved from the author’s photographs. Paperback, printed yellow cover, bound in laid paper cardboard, with a handwritten ‘Casa-Dei’ label. - A fine copy, as published, with its cover.
- BERTRAND (Michel). Research into the physical, chemical and medicinal properties of the waters of Mont-d’Or, Puy-de-Dôme department.
Paris, Gabon, Clermont-Ferrand, Rousset, 1810, 8vo, 2 folios – XXXI pp. – 351 pp. – 2 folios – 2 plates. Navy blue half-chagrin, spine with faux-ribbing decorated with panels and gilt fillets, marbled edges. (Later binding). – A few very minor, insignificant pinholes; well bound.
First edition.
- YVART (J.-A.-Victor). An Agronomic Excursion in Auvergne, chiefly in the vicinity of the Monts-Dore and the Puy-de-Dôme, followed by research on the state and importance of irrigation in France.
Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1819, in-8, 218 pp. Fawn half-basane, plain spine, title label, decorated spine. (Later binding). - Minor defects to the binding.
First edition. Yvart travelled to Auvergne at the request of a minister, in order to assist the landowner at Rendane, south-west of Clermont. Report on the rural estate at Rendane.
- AJALBERT (Jean). In Auvergne. Paris, Dentu, 1893, in-12 (11.4 x 17.5 cm), 2ff.-IIpp.-286 pages. Contemporary binding in ultramarine half-shagreen, ribbed spine, gilt fleurons. - A fine copy, well bound.
First edition.
- COHENDY (Michel). A historical treatise on the successive forms of administration in the province of Auvergne and the department of Puy-de-Dôme, from the feudal era to the creation of the prefectures in Year VIII (1800); and a monograph on the financial offices and courts which formerly comprised the various current administrative services, including the names of the intendants, administrators and prefects, and the successive divisions of the territory.
Clermont-Ferrand, Thibaud, 1856, in-8, 315 pp. – 1 f. Contemporary binding in bottle-green half-basane, with a frieze and gold fillets across the width. – A small tear on two cap ends; interior in very fresh condition. A fine copy.
- GONOD (B.). Catalogue of printed and manuscript works concerning Auvergne, extracted from the general catalogue of the Library of Clermont-Ferrand…; compiled by the late Mr B. Gonod.
Clermont-Ferrand, Thibaud-Landriot, 1849, in-8 (12.5 x 20.8 cm), VIII–223 pages – index at the end. Bound in contemporary caramel-coloured half-basane, with a decorated spine. - Caps trimmed, one joint split, interior in good condition.
- DELARBRE (Antoine). A Treatise on the Former Kingdom of the Auvergnats, and on the City of Clermont.
Clermont-Ferrand, Landriot, 1805, 8vo, 8 pp.–2 folios ‘calendar’–256 pp.–2 folios of tables. Paperback, plain unprinted cover of unbleached paper, entirely untrimmed. (State of first publication). – Corners slightly dog-eared.
First edition. (Monglond VI, 950 – Gonod Cat., 1195 – Aigueperse Biogr., p. 196).
- MARTIN (Fernand). [Artonne] – The Revolution in the Provinces. The Jacobins in the Village. Documents published and annotated by...
Clermont-Ferrand, Juliot, 1902, small quarto (19 x 25 cm), XIX pp. – 253 pages – 1 folio – 1 separate illustration. Paperback, folded cover, cream cardboard slipcase. – One of the two first copies printed on Van Gelder Holland paper, in very fresh condition, uncut.
First edition. The Register of Proceedings of the Society of Friends of the Constitution of Artonne in Auvergne, near Riom. View of Artonne Church. List of members of the Society of Friends of the Constitution.
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