LA LOIRE, HISTORIQUE, PITTORESQUE ET BIOGRAPHIQUE de la source de ce fleuve a son embouchure dans l'ocean.

TOUCHARD-LAFOSSE, GEORGES (1780-1847).

Verlag: Tours. Chez Lecesne. 1851, 1851

Beschreibung

5 volumes, large octavo 10 x 6 3/4 inches- VERY FINELY LEATHER BOUND IN A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD FULL ENGLISH MOROCCO BINDING, raised bands, complex gilt tooling in compartments, ornate architectonic tooling to the boards including a Greek key fillet and a large central gilt armorial of Thomas Farmer Baily of Hall Place. All edges gilt. Illustrated with 65 engraved plates and folding maps, complete. Some spotting as usual. A VERY HANDSOME SET of this learned work on the Loire. The armorial - Thomas Farmer Baily (1823-1876) was a notable bibliophile whose library was sold at Sothebys in 1876 for £1269. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6441

Bibliografische Details

Titel: LA LOIRE, HISTORIQUE, PITTORESQUE ET ...

Verlag: Tours. Chez Lecesne. 1851

Erscheinungsdatum: 1851

Einband: Hardcover