108 - NIVERNAIS, 4 works

NIVERNAIS, 4 works - BAUDIAU (J.-F.). History of Entrain from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Nevers, Vallière, 1879, in-8, 2ff.—XXVIpp. (the last page numbered VIII by mistake)—318pp.—1f.—2 maps (the second with 1f. of explanations) & 10 plates. Bound in brown half-maroquin, corners, smooth spine decorated lengthwise with scrolls and straight fillets, large red title label, gold head, cover preserved. (Later binding). - A fine copy, very well bound and with generous margins. Note only a few small marginal pinholes. First edition. - GAUTRON DU COUDRAY. Marzy. A Historical and Picturesque Description. Nevers, Chassaing, 1942, in-12, 176 pp.—2 ff.—20 inset photographs—1 musical score in the text. Bradel binding in laid paper, title label, front cover. (Ateliers Laurenchet). - A well-bound copy. First edition. - GEORGES (Jean). Saint-Verain (Nièvre). A Fortified Town in the Middle Ages. Reconstruction in the 18th Century. Nevers, *Revue du Centre*, (circa 1935), square 8mo booklet, 23 pages—5 plates. Full caramel-colored sheepskin binding, ribbed spine, lined endpapers, fabric endpapers with floral decoration, double endpapers in “Toile de Jouy”-style fabric. (Contemporary binding).—A luxuriously bound copy, possibly a gift copy. —LAVIGNE (Jean). Letters from the Village Excerpted from the Journal de Saône-et-Loire (1878–1880). Mâcon, Prôtat, 1880, in-12, VII pp.—1 f.—376 pp. Bradel laid paper, title label, front cover preserved. (Laurenchet Workshops). - One of 100 copies printed on Holland paper, the only large-format paper edition. Autographed copy sent by the publishers, the Protat brothers, to Pitrat. Well-preserved copy. Cover soiled, interior in very fresh condition.