143 - PITRE - CHEVALIER (Pierre-Michel-François Chevalier, known as). Ancient and Modern Brittany Brittany and the Vendée: A History of the French Revolution in the West (supplement to Ancient and Modern Brittany). Paris, Coquebert, n.d. (1844–45). Set of two works in two large 8vo volumes, full black perforated binding, special gilt metalwork and mosaic decoration on the spine and covers, gilt edges, (publisher’s cardboard and cardboard signed “Lenègre”).

PITRE - CHEVALIER (Pierre-Michel-François Chevalier, known as). Ancient and Modern Brittany Brittany and the Vendée: A History of the French Revolution in the West (supplement to Ancient and Modern Brittany). Paris, Coquebert, n.d. (1844–45). Set of two works in two large 8vo volumes, full black perforated binding, special gilt metalwork and mosaic decoration on the spine and covers, gilt edges, (publisher’s cardboard and cardboard signed “Lenègre”). FIRST EDITIONS. The illustrations in these two beautiful, consecutive publications consist in total of two frontispieces depicting the coats of arms of the provinces—one printed in gold, the other in color—a portrait of Chateaubriand after Girodet-Trioson in the first volume, three maps with colored outlines, 13 plates of coats of arms in color, a plate of coins, 63 inset plates engraved on wood or steel, and approximately 400 woodcut vignettes within the text, primarily after Leleu, Penguilly, and Tony Johannot. SUPERB COPIES in their lovely, fresh, romantic cardboard bindings. Faint marginal foxing at the beginning of the volumes and a few yellowed leaves, as is always the case.