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A. Caraven

A. Caraven Gallic, Roman and Frankish burials in the Tarn, 1872 G. Chauvet Quaternary human settlements in the Charente, 1897 P. Girod Les stations de l'âge du Renne, SD, manuscript with numerous drawings and plates

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COCHET (Abbé). LA NORMANDIE SOUTERRAINE ou notices sur les cimetières romains et des cimetières Francs explorés en Normandie. 2nd edition (corrected and enlarged). - SEPULTURES GAULOISES et ROMAINES franques et Normandes following "La Normandie Romaine". Paris, Derache & Didron (V.) - London: Otto Marcus - Oxford: W. Parker. Parker - Rouen: Lebruement, Fleury, Herpin et Lancin - Dieppe: Marais, 1855-185, 3 vols. large in-8, contemporary full brown chagrin binding, ribbed spines, titled and toméed, small iron by Gruel at tail of spines, double framed boards: outside formed by a bold fillet bordered by a thin cold fillet, repeated in the center of boards with corner spandrels, double gilt fillet on edges, "bordeaux" colored edges, inner framing lace on counterpanes, combed endpapers, 1f.bl. XII- (with preliminary ff. including title), 200pp, 1f.bl.; 1f.bl. pp 201-456, table of contents, illustrated with numerous in-text figs and 18 plates h.-t.t. lithographed by Delavoy after Champion's drawings, (4 dépl. dont un plan, une est polychrome, une autre en deux couleurs) errata, 1f.bl.; 1f.bl., XVI- (avec les ff. préliminaires dont le titre), 452pp, une gravure en frontispice et une pl. h.t., table des matières, 1f.bl. Beautiful modern illustrated bookplate Sporadic brown spots, small trace of wax on one side of the inner frame of the second plate on the back, very fine binding by Paul Gruel, the 1st founder of this famous dynasty of Parisian bookbinders, who was the son-in-law of the bookbinder Deforges, who gave him his workshop. (Flety: 5), rare complete in identical binding. Abbé Cochet, born in Sanvic, near Le Havre, on March 7, 1812, was Inspector of Historic Monuments for the Seine-Inférieure, member of the Académie de Rouen and several learned societies. This indefatigable archaeologist was awarded several prizes by the Institut de France and, in 1855, the Légion d'Honneur. (Brother: I-254 and 255).

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Césaire FABRE, former director of the Haute Loire teacher training college. Le Puy en Velay, printed by "La Haute Loire", 1925. "LA HAUTE LOIRE, PRECIS D'HISTOIRE et BIBLIOGRAPHIE HISTORIQUE". Written for schools and local history enthusiasts. 96 pages + 11 pages of photos + fold-out map. Gallic and Gallo-Roman, Visigoth and Frankish periods, feudal period, 1st Crusade, 100 Years' War, Wars of Religion, 17th century, etc...

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ROMAN PAINTER, XIX CENTURY FOUNTAIN OF EGERIA TOMB OF CECILIA METELLA TEMPLE OF VESTA AT TIVOLI Three watercolors on paper, 15 x 19 cm. In passe-partout

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