TARDIEU (Ambroise). Histoire de la ville de Clermont-Ferrand - Lot 400

TARDIEU (Ambroise). Histoire de la ville de Clermont-Ferrand depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours, avec lithographies, plans, blasons [ ]. Moulins, Charles Desrosiers, 1870-1871-1872 ; 2 vols. grand in-quarto. 5ff. n.ch.-VIII-719pp.- 28 hors-texte plates including 2 fold-outs (including title and dedication) - 515pp. - 19 hors-texte plates including 2 fold-outs. Contemporary half-brown basane. 2 corners broken, 1 spine split on the second plate of volume 1. Non-trade first edition, printed in an edition of 300 numbered copies in volume 1, signed by Tardieu. The work comprises 47 lithographed plates, including the façade of the cathedral and a double-page map of the town in 1570; there is also a large fold-out general view of Clermont drawn by Emile Tudot, printed in two tones, as well as another view of Clermont in 1740 after an engraving by Jacques Chéreau. The other plates feature archaeological remains, coats of arms, coins and numerous portraits. The text is embellished by a large number of woodcuts, initials and caps, based on drawings by Emile Sagot, often borrowed from the Ancien Bourbonnais and Anciennes Auvergne editions.