first edition Hardcover
1888 · Paris
by Peyre, Roger
Paris: Firmin-Didot Et Cie, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Two toned cloth, spine in brick red, covers in vermillion, marbled endpapers. Aeg. Fine. 886 pages. 28.5 x 21 cm. Elaborately illustrated edition, 14 color lithographs with tissue guards, 431 engravings and photogravures, plus 21 plans and maps. Text in French. Complete Index of color plates and ancillary illustrations. Clean, very fresh copy, binding decorated in Napoleon gilt bee pattern motifs and varied gilt arabesques on covers and spine.
(Inventory #: 22159)