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2 works - LOMBARD (B.). Synoptic Tables of the History of France from the Invasion of the Franks... up to 1834, containing, opposite each reign, the chronology of contemporary foreign kings, notable discoveries, foundations, voyages, and publications, national and foreign celebrities..., civil and military offices, and chronological parallels. Paris, Daubrée, 1834, folio-sized booklet, 40 pp. Paperback, printed cover. - Fragile and soiled cover (thin paper); first and last pages slightly soiled. First edition, reprinted several times. (Bourquelot V, p. 173). - COMEAU (Baron Sébastien-Joseph de). Tableaux de la civilisation ancienne et moderne. Moulins, Desrosiers, 1847, folio album (28 x 45 cm), 2 leaves–45 pp.–1 leaf–19 plates. Paperback, beige paper cover, unmarked with a label on the front cover. - Unbound copy, damaged and soiled cover, plate 10 heavily yellowed, foxing, dog-eared corners. Canceled stamp of the Société d’Emulation du Bourbonnais. A rare edition by Desrosiers. This ethnological study is illustrated with 20 plates, including 19 separate plates: 1 printed table (included in the pagination); 2 architectural plates; 1 plate showing facial features (colored) and maps and world maps enhanced with watercolor. World maps depicting crops and soils; land elevation; ethnic groups; ancient civilizations; cross-sections of the hemispheres!; a table of common words in most languages; polar projections... Only one copy in public collections (Ccfr). - (Thévenet, 3 Centuries of Bourbonnais Publishing, no. 367).