107 - BOURBONNAIS—MONTLUCON. 2 works

BOURBONNAIS—MONTLUCON. 2 works - CLEMENT (J.-H.-M.). Montluçon and Its Art Treasures. A posthumous work completed and published by Pierre Pradel. Montluçon, Lebienheureux, 1932, in-8, 2ff.-VIpp.-433pp.-1f. – illustrations and photographs in the text. Contemporary green half-cloth Bradel binding, title label, initials (M. Génermont) on the spine. - A fine copy. Definitive edition. Preface by M. Aubert. This scholarly work goes beyond the subject of the fine arts in Montluçon and contains a wealth of historical, biographical, and social information, as well as an extensive bibliography. - MAILLAT (A.-C.). Geography and History of Doyet, Montvicq, Bézenet, Villefranche (Allier). Montluçon, Imprimerie Montluçonnaise, 1894, in-8, 5 unnumbered leaves—404 pp.—2 leaves—maps, plans, and photographic reproductions. Bound in green cloth, title label, corners, front cover intact. Author’s autographed copy sent to Representative Gacon. Paper uniformly yellowed. A rare first edition of one of the earliest monographs on the department, which received several awards. Claude Maillat was born in 1844 in Le Mayet-d’Ecole, where his father was a wheelwright. He was a teacher in Doyet. His works on Malicorne and Deneuille appear never to have been published. (Malleret, 56).