Dugast-Matifeux, (Charles) - Nantes ancien et le pays nantais, including a chronology of lords, governors, bishops and abbots, the diocesan pouillé and the historical topography of the town and country. Nantes, A.L. Morel 1879. In-8° paperback, xvi, 583 pp. One of the copies on mechanical paper. Cover pitted and worn, inside fresh.

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