JOLIBOIS (Émile) - La diablerie de Chaumont, ou recherches historiques sur le grand pardon général de cette ville, et sur les bizarres cérémonies et représentations à personnages auxquelles cette solennité a donné lieu depuis le 15°siècle; concernant les mystères de la nativité, de la vie et de la mort de M. saint Jean-Baptiste. Chaumont et Paris, Chez Miot et Techener, 1838; in-8, large fold-out plan of Chaumont as frontispiece, 155 pp. bound in half-brown calf, ornate smooth spine, gold-stamped title, marbled edges. Consultant : Mr. Philippe HENRY

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