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Hôtel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand

Estimate €20 - €30
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2 works: - [AUTOGRAPHS] - [MAURY (A.) (ed.)]. National Archives Museum. Original documents from the history of France on display at the Hôtel Soubise. A volume enriched with 1,200 facsimiles of the most important autographs from the Merovingian period to the French Revolution, published by the Directorate-General of the National Archives. Paris, Plon, 1872, in-4, 2ff.-VIIIpp.-812pp. Contemporary green half-cloth, untrimmed. – Simple binding. Facsimiles within the text. Translation and commentary on 1,444 major letters or documents. - [COLLECTIVE]. Ministry of the Interior. Museum of Departmental Archives. Collection of heliographic facsimiles of documents drawn from the archives of prefectures, town halls and almshouses. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1878, in-4, 3ff.-LXIpp.-1f.-488pp.-1f. Bronze half-shagreen, corners, ribbed spine. - Inner hinge slightly loose, slight scuffing to the binding. Text volume only, containing 170 items preceded by a short introduction. Alphabetical index. This carefully printed collection was produced by the archivists Georges Bourbon, Julien Havet, Ulysse Robert and Paul Dujardin, on the occasion of the 1878 Universal Exhibition. The atlas, which is missing here, contains 61 facsimile plates.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS at 11.00 am and 2.00 pm
Auction location
Auction time 10/29/2026 at 11:00 AM
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