23891 Histoire - Paysages - Monuments. Ernest Bourdin, Paris, 1843. First Edition, first printing. Large octavo, orig qtr leather (red leather spine with elaborate gilt title and decoration), marbled boards and endpapers, 652 pp., 22 full-page steel engravings by prominent artists, 2 maps (by Tardieu), portrait of Corneille, numerous wood-engraved illustrations within text. A nicely rebound copy of the true first printing of this rare edition (no reference to La Bretagne at p. 650), some wear at spine hinges but orig boards professionally repapered with French marbled paper make a handsome volume. Some scattered very light marks, a couple of edges bruised, plates with orig tissue guards all in A+ condition. A well restored handsome copy. $550.00AUD
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