Lot n° 74
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7 volumes: - Lot 74
7 volumes:
- COOKE (George-Alexander). Topographical and statistical description of the county of Lancaster.
London, Cooke, (c. 1820), small 12mo, 322 pp., 1 folio, folded map. Fawn calfskin, wide gilt lace border, plain spine decorated with small metal stamps, title label. (English binding, contemporary). - Ex-libris and signature on the title page: John Lyons Nixon. Hinges slightly rubbed (seams are sound), corners slightly bumped.
Statistics, civil and ecclesiastical jurisdictions, tourism, roads, points of interest, commerce, agriculture... Printed in small type.
- CROSNIER (The Abbé). Elements of Archaeology for Use in Seminaries and Educational Institutions.
Tours, Mame, 1845, in-16, 180 pp.—12 line-engraved plates. Bound in brown half-maroquin, corners, smooth spine decorated lengthwise with a border of gold fillets and dotted lines, gold florets, gold head. (Late 19th-century binding.) - Well-bound copy. Water stain on the upper margin of the first few leaves; foxing throughout the volume.
Abbé Crosnier, parish priest and dean of Donzy, vicar and archdeacon of St.-Bethléem-les-Clamecy, was one of the founders of the Société Nivernaise des Lettres, Sciences et Art, which he presided over.
- [CUISIN (J.-P.-R.)]. *Les jeunes conteurs, ou Les Loisirs du Pensionnat*. Short Stories, Moral Tales, and Historical Accounts, interspersed with insights into the Customs of Nations and Illustrious Figures... By P. C.***, author of *Le Mentor de l’Enfance*...
Paris, Locard and Davi, 1825, in-16, 214 pp.—6 plates. Bound in fawn-colored, grain-textured sheepskin, smooth spine, title label. (Contemporary binding). – Price label on the inside front cover. Upper hinge cracked.
– FABRE (Ferdinand). Julien Savignac. With two drawings by Jean-Paul Laurens, etched by Ch. Courtry.
Paris, Charpentier, 1884, in-16 (7 x 10.8 cm), 2 folios, 362 pp., 1 folio, 2 etchings as inserts. Contemporary half-light calf binding, ribbed spine with gold fillets and dotted lines, title labels, gilt edges. - A charming copy, well bound. (Charpentier Petite Bibliothèque Collection).
- [LAFEUILLE (Mademoiselle)]. A Sketch from the Life of Charlemagne, Short Story. Paris, published by Mademoiselle Lafeuille, bookseller, 1810, in-16, 2 leaves–120 pp.–frontispiece. Contemporary half-fawn sheepskin binding, smooth spine, gilt friezes and leaves, title label. - A fine copy.
- LEVI (D.). Historical Sketches or A Methodical Course in History, composed according to a new plan and containing graded summaries of the history of the principal peoples of Europe... 9° edition, revised and improved. Paris, published by the author, 1835, small in-12, 396 pages. Contemporary bottle-green half-basane binding, smooth spine, sets of gilt fillets, gilt fleurons, marbled edges. - A charming copy, fresh and well-bound.
- SCHMID (Canon Christophe de). [Polychrome cardboard binding]. Henri d’Eichenfels, or How Henri Came to Know God. Translated from the German by Schmid, by F.-C. Gérard.
Paris, Langlumé and Peltier, (circa 1840), in-16, 178 pp.—engraved title page illustrated with a vignette, frontispiece, and 2 separate plates. Publisher’s ivory-colored cardboard binding; covers and spine covered with a three-color neo-Gothic design featuring plants and figures. — Binding slightly soiled, but free of damage. Pinholes inside; the plates are yellowed.
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