[LESGUILLIEZ (Alexandre) Lettres sur la ville de Rouen, ou Précis de son histoire topographique, civile, ecclésiastique et politique, depuis son origine jusqu'en 1826, Rouen: imprimerie d'Émile Periaux fils aîné, 1826. - In-8, dark green calf, framed with cold palmettes and gilt and crowned numerals in the center of the boards, spine with false nerves decorated with cold motifs, interior cold roulette, marbled edges (period binding). First edition of what the author, pharmacist and historian Alexandre Lesguilliez (1785-1877), presents as an abridgement of the history of Rouen, composed in epistolary form.
EXEMPLAIRE OF THE DUCHESSE DE BERRY (1798-1870), bound with her crowned cipher and bearing the ex-libris of her library at Château de Rosny in the Yvelines. Some scattered brown spots. Provenance: Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, Duchesse de Berry.
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Lot no. 196

[LESGUILLIEZ (Alexandre) Lettres sur la ville de Rouen, ou Précis de son histoire topographique, civile, ecclésiastique et politique, depuis son origine jusqu'en 1826, Rouen: imprimerie d'Émile Periaux fils aîné, 1826. - In-8, dark green calf, framed with cold palmettes and gilt and crowned numerals in the center of the boards, spine with false nerves decorated with cold motifs, interior cold roulette, marbled edges (period binding). First edition of what the author, pharmacist and historian Alexandre Lesguilliez (1785-1877), presents as an abridgement of the history of Rouen, composed in epistolary form. EXEMPLAIRE OF THE DUCHESSE DE BERRY (1798-1870), bound with her crowned cipher and bearing the ex-libris of her library at Château de Rosny in the Yvelines. Some scattered brown spots. Provenance: Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, Duchesse de Berry.

Estimate
€400 - €600
Result
Not sold
Buyer's premium
30%
[LESGUILLIEZ (Alexandre) Lettres sur la ville de Rouen, ou Précis de son histoire topographique, civile, ecclésiastique et politique, depuis son origine jusqu'en 1826, Rouen: imprimerie d'Émile Periaux fils aîné, 1826. - In-8, dark green calf, framed with cold palmettes and gilt and crowned numerals in the center of the boards, spine with false nerves decorated with cold motifs, interior cold roulette, marbled edges (period binding). First edition of what the author, pharmacist and historian Alexandre Lesguilliez (1785-1877), presents as an abridgement of the history of Rouen, composed in epistolary form. EXEMPLAIRE OF THE DUCHESSE DE BERRY (1798-1870), bound with her crowned cipher and bearing the ex-libris of her library at Château de Rosny in the Yvelines. Some scattered brown spots. Provenance: Marie-Caroline de Bourbon-Sicile, Duchesse de Berry.
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