MICHEL, Adolphe - The ancient Auvergne and Velay. History, archaeology, customs, topography. Moulins, P.-A. Desrosiers, 1843-1847. 4 vol. gr. in-folio including atlas, Volume III is in two parts: Voyage pittoresque de la Basse-Auvergne par Henry Doniol - L'ancien Velay par Francisque Mandet, minor defects, qqs. small marginal tears without lack or pet. stains, red half-chag. of the ep., spine with nerfs decorated with cold threads, minimal stains.
Most complete state, with 146 lithographed plates including frontispiece, most copies having 143 or 144. The plates are mostly two-tone, often lithographed after drawings by E. Tudot. Six of them are chromolithographs, mostly depicting the Dance of the Dead at La Chaise-Dieu. At the end: double-page map and table of plates.
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