Bordeaux DEVIENNE (Dom Charles Jean-Baptiste... - Lot 114 - Briscadieu

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Bordeaux DEVIENNE (Dom Charles Jean-Baptiste... - Lot 114 - Briscadieu
Bordeaux DEVIENNE (Dom Charles Jean-Baptiste d'Agneaux) History of the city of Bordeaux, containing the civil events and the lives of several famous men. Bordeaux, Paris, 1771. In-4: 11f, XXXVI, 538pp, 1f; allegorical frontispiece by MARILLIER, engraved by Simonet, three plans (one of which is of the city of Bordeaux) and the portrait of MONTESQUIEU (the portrait of MONTAIGNE is missing). Contemporary marbled brown basane, spine ribbed and decorated, headpieces faded, double cold fillet framing the boards, red edges. First part, the only one published, "of a work that is said to be 'the best' on the city of Bordeaux" (Quérard).
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