Comte Alexandre De Laborde - Versailles, ancien et moderne -
Comte Alexandre De Laborde: Versailles, ancien et moderne. Paris, Imprimerie Schneider and Langrand, pp. Pretty half green leather binding with corners (publisher binding), back with raised bands with golden fillets, golden patterns in the compartments, golden fillets, golden title, mosaic paperboard, golden fillets on the covers and the corners. 27x18cm, 1.5 kg. Friction, wear and tear on the corners, borders; back with friction and wear and tear in head and tail, covers with friction and scratches of use, not too serious, inside: marbled end papers, correct leaves Book abundantly illustrated with vignettes on wood in and out of text by: Trimolet, Français, Cherrier, Lacoste, etc... Maps out of text of the roads from Paris to Versailles, first edition Nice copy, very richly illustrated by the best artists of the time. Read More