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two old books on a table with a black backgroundthe front cover of a book with a picture of a clock in the backgroundan old book is open on a table with a black backgroundan old book with a lot of pages on it sitting on a tablean open book sitting on top of a table next to a white tablemany different types of people in this bookan old map of the world with a map of the countries on itan old book sitting on top of a white table next to a pen
Hôtel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand

Estimate €40 - €60
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2 works - LOMBARD (B.). Synoptic Tables of the History of France from the Invasion of the Franks… to 1834, containing, opposite each reign, the chronology of contemporary foreign kings, notable discoveries, foundations, voyages and publications, and national and foreign celebrities…, civil and military posts, and chronological parallels. Paris, Daubrée, 1834, folio-sized booklet, 40 pp. Paperback, printed cover. - Fragile and soiled cover (thin paper), first and last leaves slightly soiled. First edition, reprinted several times. (Bourquelot V, p. 173). - COMEAU (Baron Sébastien-Joseph de). Pictures of Ancient and Modern Civilisation. Moulins, Desrosiers, 1847, folio album (28 x 45 cm), 2 leaves–45 pp.–1 leaf–19 plates. Paperback, beige paper cover, uninscribed with a label on the front cover. – Unbound copy, cover damaged and soiled, plate 10 heavily yellowed, foxing, corners dog-eared. Stamp of the Société d’Emulation du Bourbonnais, cancelled. A rare edition by Desrosiers. This ethnological study is illustrated with 20 plates, 19 of which are separate plates: 1 printed table (included in the pagination); 2 architectural plates; 1 plate showing facial features (coloured) and maps and world maps enhanced with watercolour. World maps depicting crops and soils; land elevation; ethnic groups; ancient civilisations; cross-sections of the hemispheres!; a table of common words in most languages; polar projections... Only one copy held in public collections (Ccfr). – (Thévenet: Three Centuries of Publishing in the Bourbonnais, no. 367).
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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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