104 - AUVERGNE: 8 works.

AUVERGNE: 8 works. - MALEGUE (Jean-Antoine-Hippolyte). Album of Tapestries from the Church of La Chaise-Dieu. Paris, Didron, (circa 1860), oblong in-4 album, 5 leaves—22 plates drawn by Camille Robert and line-engraved from the author’s photographs. Paperback, printed yellow cover, bound in laid paper cardboard, with a handwritten “Casa-Dei” label. - A fine copy, as published, with its original cover. - BERTRAND (Michel). Research on the Physical, Chemical, and Medicinal Properties of the Waters of Mont-d’Or, Puy-de-Dôme Department. Paris, Gabon, Clermont-Ferrand, Rousset, 1810, in-8, 2ff.-XXXIpp.-351pp.-2ff.- 2 plates. Navy blue half-chagrin, spine with faux raised bands decorated with squares and gold fillets, marbled edges. (Later binding). - A few very minor, insignificant pinholes; well bound. First edition. - YVART (J.-A.-Victor). Agronomic Excursion in Auvergne, Primarily in the Vicinity of the Monts-Dore and the Puy-de-Dôme, Followed by Research on the State and Importance of Irrigation in France. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1819, in-8, 218 pp. Fauve half-basane, smooth spine, title label, decorated spine. (Later binding). - Minor defects in the binding. First edition. Yvart traveled to Auvergne at the request of a minister to assist the owner of the Rendane estate, southwest of Clermont. Report on the rural estate at Rendane. - AJALBERT (Jean). In Auvergne. Paris, Dentu, 1893, in-12 (11.4 x 17.5 cm), 2ff.-IIpp.-286 pages. Contemporary half-chagrin binding in ultramarine blue, ribbed spine, gilt fleurons. - A fine copy, well bound. First edition. - COHENDY (Michel). Historical Treatise on the Successive Forms of Administration in the Province of Auvergne and the Department of Puy-de-Dôme, from the Feudal Era to the Creation of the Prefectures in Year VIII (1800); and a monograph on the financial offices and judicial authorities that formerly comprised the various current administrative services, including the names of the intendants, administrators, and prefects, as well as the successive divisions of the territory. Clermont-Ferrand, Thibaud, 1856, in-8, 315 pp. – 1 f. Contemporary binding in bottle-green half-basane, with a frieze and gold fillets across the width. – Small tear on two cap ends; interior in very fresh condition. A pleasant copy. - GONOD (B.). Catalog of Printed and Manuscript Works Concerning Auvergne, excerpted from the general catalog of the Library of Clermont-Ferrand...; compiled by the late Mr. B. Gonod. Clermont-Ferrand, Thibaud-Landriot, 1849, in-8 (12.5 x 20.8 cm), VIII-223 pages—index at the end. Bound in period caramel-colored half-basane, with decorated spine. - Caps trimmed, one joint split, interior in good condition. - DELARBRE (Antoine). Note on the former Kingdom of the Auvergnats and on the City of Clermont. Clermont-Ferrand, Landriot, 1805, 8vo, 8 pp.—2 folios “calendar”—256 pp.—2 folios of tables. Paperback, plain unprinted cover of unbleached paper, entirely untrimmed. (Condition as published). - Corners slightly dog-eared. First edition. (Monglond VI, 950 – Gonod Cat., 1195 – Aigueperse Biogr., p. 196). - MARTIN (Fernand). [Artonne] - The Revolution in the Provinces. The Jacobins in the Village. Documents published and annotated by... Clermont-Ferrand, Juliot, 1902, small in-4 (19 x 25 cm), XIX pp. – 253 pages – 1 folio. - 1 separate illustration. Paperback, folded cover, cream-colored cardboard slipcase. - One of the two first-printing copies on Van Gelder Holland paper, in very fresh condition, uncut. First edition. The Register of Deliberations of the Society of Friends of the Constitution of Artonne in Auvergne, near Riom. View of the church of Artonne. List of members of the Society of Friends of the Constitution.