DEVIENNE (Charles Jean Baptiste d'AGNEAUX... - Lot 80 - Briscadieu

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DEVIENNE (Charles Jean Baptiste d'AGNEAUX... - Lot 80 - Briscadieu
DEVIENNE (Charles Jean Baptiste d'AGNEAUX de Vienne known as Dom) History of the City of Bordeaux. First part containing the civil events and the life of several famous men. Second and third parts containing the history of the Church of Bordeaux, and the manners and customs of the people of Bordeaux. Bordeaux, Lacaze, 1862. 2 volumes in-4 : XXXII, 512pp. / XVI, 393pp. 1f. Enclosed : Annuaire judiciaire, administratif et commercial du département de la Gironde et de la ville de Bordeaux pour l'année 1838. Bordeaux, Lanefranque, 1838. In-12, 575pp. Contemporary tan basane, smooth spine decorated. Second edition. First complete collection of this "History of Bordeaux" of which only the first part was first published in 1770 and 1771; The second volume of this work, which remained in manuscript, was stolen from the Academy of Sciences which owned it, and then passed from hand to hand. A controversy over the ownership of the work prevented its publication until 1862. These 2nd and 3rd parts are: "Histoire de l'Eglise de Bordeaux" and "Moeurs et Coutumes des Bordelais" and appear here together for the first time.
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