HISTORICAL ALMANAC OF MARSEILLE. Marseille, Jean Mossy, 1770 to 1777 and 1778-1780-1782-1790. 12 volumes in-16, blond calf for the first 8 and basane for the others, smooth spine decorated (period binding). HEAD OF COLLECTION of the first almanac of Marseilles, written by the antiquarian Jean-Baptiste Grosson, published from 1770 to 1790. The year 1771 is decorated with a folded engraving on the frontispiece representing the façade of the city hall of Marseille, engraved by the painter and architect Jean-Joseph Kapeller.

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