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VIC (Dom Claude de) and VAISSÈTE (Dom Joseph). HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DE LANGUEDOC, avec des Notes et les Pièces justificatives. Paris, Jacques Vincent, 1730-1745. Five volumes in-folio marbled fawn calf, spine six ribbed, gilded boxes very ornate, red morocco title and tomes, triple cold fillet on the boards, red edges (Binding of the period). T. I : XX-758 pages, 214 pages (of which 210 paginated in 2 columns), 1 folding map, 4 folding plates - T. II : (3) ff, 648 pages, 703 pages paginated in 2 columns, (1) errata page and notice to the binders, 2 maps (of which 1 folding), 2 plates (of which 1 folding) - T. III : X-606 pages, 706 pages paginated in 2 columns, 2 folding plates - T. IV : XXII pages, (1) f. of summary, 1 folding map, 600 pages, 570 pages paginated with 2 columns, (1) page of errata and approval, 8 plates (of which 6 folding plates) - T. V : VII pages, (3) pages, 688 pages, 494 pages paginated in 2 columns, 14 plates (8 of which are seals). Paper loss without damage to the text at the corner of page 555 of vol. II, some pages browned due to the difference in paper quality. ORIGINAL EDITION of ONE OF THE BEST REGIONAL HISTORIES EVER PUBLISHED. It is illustrated with 4 watercolor maps (3 of which are folding) and 30/35 off-text plates (13 of which are folding); vignette on the title, 54 headbands, 56 lettering and 36 caps engraved by COCHIN, RIGAUD and TARDIEU. THE WORK REMARKABLE BY ITS AMPLEUR, ITS EDITORIAL AND ITS STYLE, begins at the year of Rome 163 and stops at the death of Louis XIII, in 1643. At the end of each volume are collected the ancient inscriptions, the diplomas, the charters and other documents serving as proofs to the text of the treaty. A GREAT EXAMPLE (despite the LACK of 5 plates) in a strictly uniform binding, an unusual condition since the fifth volume was published 15 years after the first four. ¶ Saffroy, II, 26377: "Famous and justly esteemed work" - Brunet, V, 1029: "One of the best particular histories of our provinces" - Cohen, 1011 - Rothschild, 2347.
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VIC (Dom Claude de) and VAISSÈTE (Dom Joseph). HISTOIRE GÉNÉRALE DE LANGUEDOC, avec des Notes et les Pièces justificatives. Paris, Jacques Vincent, 1730-1745. Five volumes in-folio marbled fawn calf, spine six ribbed, gilded boxes very ornate, red morocco title and tomes, triple cold fillet on the boards, red edges (Binding of the period). T. I : XX-758 pages, 214 pages (of which 210 paginated in 2 columns), 1 folding map, 4 folding plates - T. II : (3) ff, 648 pages, 703 pages paginated in 2 columns, (1) errata page and notice to the binders, 2 maps (of which 1 folding), 2 plates (of which 1 folding) - T. III : X-606 pages, 706 pages paginated in 2 columns, 2 folding plates - T. IV : XXII pages, (1) f. of summary, 1 folding map, 600 pages, 570 pages paginated with 2 columns, (1) page of errata and approval, 8 plates (of which 6 folding plates) - T. V : VII pages, (3) pages, 688 pages, 494 pages paginated in 2 columns, 14 plates (8 of which are seals). Paper loss without damage to the text at the corner of page 555 of vol. II, some pages browned due to the difference in paper quality. ORIGINAL EDITION of ONE OF THE BEST REGIONAL HISTORIES EVER PUBLISHED. It is illustrated with 4 watercolor maps (3 of which are folding) and 30/35 off-text plates (13 of which are folding); vignette on the title, 54 headbands, 56 lettering and 36 caps engraved by COCHIN, RIGAUD and TARDIEU. THE WORK REMARKABLE BY ITS AMPLEUR, ITS EDITORIAL AND ITS STYLE, begins at the year of Rome 163 and stops at the death of Louis XIII, in 1643. At the end of each volume are collected the ancient inscriptions, the diplomas, the charters and other documents serving as proofs to the text of the treaty. A GREAT EXAMPLE (despite the LACK of 5 plates) in a strictly uniform binding, an unusual condition since the fifth volume was published 15 years after the first four. ¶ Saffroy, II, 26377: "Famous and justly esteemed work" - Brunet, V, 1029: "One of the best particular histories of our provinces" - Cohen, 1011 - Rothschild, 2347.
