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Rare and modern books

Amans-Alexis Monteil (Jules Taschereau, Editor)

Promenades dans la Touraine

Alfred Mame / Société des Bibliophiles de Touraine, 1861

4950.00 €

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(Sitges, Spain)

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Year of publication
1861
Place of printing
Tours
Author
Amans-Alexis Monteil (Jules Taschereau, Editor)
Publishers
Alfred Mame / Société des Bibliophiles de Touraine
Keyword
tours touraine coleantiq peau de vélin svv
Dust jacket
Yes
Languages
English
Inscribed
Yes
First edition
Yes

Description

THE UNIQUE COPY PRINTED ON REAL VELLUM ("peau de vélin") OF THE FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND RARE BOOK ABOUT THE TOURAINE. XVI, 208 pp. Beautifully printed on fine vellum, with huge margins, for Jules Taschereau, an important Touraine intellectual, politician, and bibliophile who was also the editor of this volume. 8vo (the remainder of the edition, 180 copies on paper for the Société des Bibliophiles de Touraine, was printed 12mo.) BEAUTIFULLY BOUND BY CAPÉ IN FULL MOROCCO, spine elegantly gilt in six compartments, triple gilt fillet on covers, turn-ins elegantly gilt. Tiny traces of wear to lower extremties of joints, else FINE AND BRIGHT, COMPLETELY UNCUT, WITH NO DEFECTS. Taschereau I, p. XIX; Taschereau auction catalogue (1875) nº 30. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT.
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