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LEBRETON (Théodore). Norman biography. Recueil de notices biographiques et bibliographiques sur les personnages célèbres nés en Normandie et sur ceux qui se sont seulement distingués par leurs actions ou par leurs écrits. Rouen, A. Le Brument, 1857-1861, 3 vol. in-8, contemporary binding, half blond basane, smooth spine decorated with gilt and cold-stamped fillets, gilt title and tomaison; VIII-544, 602 and 611 pp. First edition. Edition of 150 copies, according to Frère. From the Library of M. Le Chanteur de Pontaumont (Marine Inspector at Cherbourg), with armorial bookplate, gilt bookplate at foot of spines, stamp; 2nd modern illustrated bookplate. Copy enriched with 2 BEAUTIFUL AUTOGRAPH LETTERS from the author (to Monsieur de Pontaumont), one bound at the head of Vol. I, the other in fine in Vol. III. Restorations to the spines of T. I and II, small brown spots on first 3 pages of T. III only, good condition. Numerous notes written "without emphasis or bias" (Frère, II, 178).
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