Description
NORMANDY.
- ‘Tales and Short Stories from Normandy’. Various authors, including MAUPASSANT, MAUROIS, REVEL, etc. Elbeuf, Editions Paul Duval, undated. Illustrations by Raymond Dendeville. Publisher’s illustrated cover, slightly worn, all edges orange; 182 pages plus tables, 29.5 x 20 x 3 cm.
- ‘Marvels of the Castles of Normandy’. Réalité Collection, Hachette, 1966. Preface by Michel de Saint-Pierre. Full red leather binding by the publisher in a slipcase, decorated spine, gilt title, gilt head, photographic illustrations in black and white and colour. Copy printed especially for Jean LECANUET (1920–1993). Born in ROUEN, he stood as a candidate in the first French presidential election by universal suffrage – in 1965 – and served as a minister on several occasions. 334 pages, 34 x 25.5 x 4.5 cm.
- Jean ADELINE, ‘The Grotesque and Symbolic Sculptures of Rouen and its Surroundings’. Rouen, Augé, (c. 1871). Preface by CHAMPFLEURY (Jules François Félix Husson, 1821–1889, French writer and journalist). 100 illustrations, half-bound in green chagrin leather, ribbed spine decorated with fleurons, covers preserved. 418 pages, some foxing.
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09/12/2026 at 2:00 PM
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