Numéro du livre: 78991
Lemaitre, Libraire-Éditeur, Valenciennes, 1868
Small folio (30x2 cm). Contemporary halfmorocco, gilt title on spine (hinges weak); covers with decorated paper; small leather cornerpieces; marbled endpapers. Original printed wrappers preserved (sl. soiled; small stamp). (viii),xii,142 pp. Printed on thick handmade paper. Uncut. (Serious stain innermargin halftitle; waterstains and lightbrown spots in places; tears in some innermargins (a few affecting the text) neatly repaired). With frontispiece: photographical reproduction mounted on cardboard, 1 leaf in text "Généalogie des Lamoninarts" and 6 plates: 1). lithographed colourplate on glazed paper, 2-5) "plan du moulin à broyer", "manufacture" et "plan et coup d'un four"., 5-6) etchings by Jacquemart "porcelaines de Valenciennes". - On the whole a reasonable copy of this rare book. - With autograph dedication: "Hommage à M. Éduard Charton, fondateur et directeur du Magasin Pittoresque à Paris. Par son trés humble et trés obéissant serviteur. (Belgique) Nivelles, le 27 mars 1870. Abel Lagasse, Ier Echevin, petit-fils de Lamoninary".
