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LE GRAND D'AUSSY
Voyage d'Auvergne
Chez Eugène Onfroy, à Paris 1788, In 8 (12x21cm), XII, 551pp., relié. Edition originale, assez rare, illustré d'un panoramique de la ville de Clermont et des volcans environnants. Reliure en demi veau bleu nuit Restauration. Dos lisse à grand fer romantique en long. Bon exemplaire. Le dernier feuillet de la table des manière est effrangé en marge. L'auteur ayant passé cinq mois à Clermont Ferrand et visité l'Auvergne, s'est proposé d'en faire un récit de voyage à la gloire d'une région méconnue et remarquable pour le tourisme ; une grande partie de l'ouvrage est une description de la ville de Clermont-Ferrand. Le reste du livre est consacré aux particularités de l'Auvergne, à savoir ses volcans et ses sources. En toute fin d'ouvrage, l'auteur fournit des itinéraires de promenade et de découvertes. - Chez Eugène Onfroy, à Paris 1788, In 8 (12x21cm), XII, 551pp., relié. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
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Book number: 35255
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 LE GRAND Pierre Jean-Baptiste d'Aussy, WAY G.L., ELLIS G., BEWICK John and Thomas, Fabliaux or Tales Abridged from French Manuscripts of the Xiith and Xiiith Centuries Selected and Translated Into English Verse with a Preface Notes and Appendix in Three Volumes
LE GRAND Pierre Jean-Baptiste d'Aussy, WAY G.L., ELLIS G., BEWICK John and Thomas
Fabliaux or Tales Abridged from French Manuscripts of the Xiith and Xiiith Centuries Selected and Translated Into English Verse with a Preface Notes and Appendix in Three Volumes
Printed for J. Rodwell, 1815. New edn corrected. 3 vols. Bound in later half suede on marbled paper-laid boards with marbled endpapers (small tear at headcap of vol I - otherwise VG). Pp. xli + 223 [&] 272 [&] 304, illus with engraved titles and vignettes in text by John and Thomas Bewick (front inner hinges cracked with loosened prelms; previous owner's engraved armorial bookplate on front paste-downs). .
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Book number: 105153
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Catalogue: Literature

 
Le Grand (d'Aussy, Pierre Jean-Baptiste)
Fabliaux or Tales, Abridged from French Manuscripts of the XIIth and XIIIth centuries, Selected and Translated into English Verse with a preface and notes, in 2 volumes, complete.
London: W. Bulmer, 1796-1800. First edition. Pp. xxxvii, (4), B2, 4-280; (6), B2, 4-340; with 52 woodcut vignettes in the text by John and Thomas Bewick, Charlton Nesbit, and Luke Clennell. Publisher's original black morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in one compartment and with elaborate gilt floral decorations in the other compartments, front and rear covers with gilt border decorations, decorated board edges and gilt-turns, marbled endpapers, all page edges in gilt, lg 8vo (9 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches). This is the rare first edition in a fine binding. Armorial bookplate of John Croft Deverell on the pastedown. Light edge wear to morocco; a very bright and clean copy in fine condition..
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Book number: 5875
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Catalogue: Thomas Bewick

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