LABORDE (Jean-Benjamin de)

LABORDE (Jean-Benjamin de)

General and particular description of France. Paris, 1780-1781-[1784]. 2 volumes in-folio, red morocco, triple gilt fillet, spine decorated, inner wheel, gilt edges (contemporary binding). A
copy including the text corresponding to volume I (XX and 436 pp.) and part of volume II (up to p. 535) and comprising a total of 122 plates
engraved on copper, i.e.

:- the 1st delivery of the Tables engraved on M. Cochin's drawings

(10 prints in 5 pl.). -

3 deliveries for Ile-de-France (n°4

, 9 and 10, i.e. 22 pl.). -

1 delivery for

Paris (n°6, i.e. 6 pl.). -

5 deliveries for Burgundy (n°1, 3, 5, 8 and

14, i.e. 40 pl.). -

1 delivery for Franche-Comté (n°7

, i.e. 6 pl.). -

3 deliveries for the Dauphiné (n°11-13,

i.e. 23 pl.). -

20 plates of fossils and minerals, numbered from 1 to 20 on 10

sheets.

Quality morocco binding in the kind of

derome.

Engraved ex-libris of Count Potocki

.

A bumpy headgear.