141 - PHILIPON DE LA MADELAINE (V.). *L’Orléanais: History of the Dukes and the Duchy of Orléans*, including the history and description of the Beauce, the Chartres region, the Biésois, the Vendômois, the Gâtinais, the Perche, and what constituted the former Generalité of Orléans, illustrated by Messrs. Baron, Français, C. Nanteuil, and Rouargue, engraved by the finest French and English artists. P., Mallet, 1845. Large 8vo, full binding, blue shagreen, with decorations on the spine and covers depicting Joan of Arc and the Orléans Cathedral, gilt edges. (Publisher’s binding).

PHILIPON DE LA MADELAINE (V.). *L’Orléanais: History of the Dukes and the Duchy of Orléans*, including the history and description of the Beauce, the Chartres region, the Biésois, the Vendômois, the Gâtinais, the Perche, and what constituted the former Generalité of Orléans, illustrated by Messrs. Baron, Français, C. Nanteuil, and Rouargue, engraved by the finest French and English artists. P., Mallet, 1845. Large 8vo, full binding, blue shagreen, with decorations on the spine and covers depicting Joan of Arc and the Orléans Cathedral, gilt edges. (Publisher’s binding). FIRST EDITION: 2 maps, 14 steel-engraved plates, and numerous woodcut vignettes within the text. — “A very well-illustrated book, extremely rare in fine condition” (Carteret). COPY IN A ROMANTIC HARDCOVER BINDING DECORATED WITH SPECIAL METAL TOOLS, OF REMARKABLE FRESHNESS. (See illustration on p. 102)