54 - [Orne]

[Orne] 1-collective work A Brief Description of the Department of Orne. Paris, Imprimerie des Sourds-Muets, Year IX, 56 pp. Followed by: XXX A Journey Through the Departments of France by a Society of Artists and Men of Letters. Paris, Brion/Buisson/Desenne, etc., 1793, 44 pp., featuring a lovely double-page inset map of the Orne. First editions. 19th-century violet half-shagreen binding, ribbed spine. The lower margin of the first title page has been trimmed without affecting the text; otherwise, in excellent condition. 2-ODOLANT-DESNOS/ LORIOL France: A Statistical Description (…) / Orne. Paris, Verdière; Alençon, Poulet-Malassis; Mortagne, Glaçon, 1834. Period binding in black long-grained half-maroquin, smooth spine with decoration. A fine, complete copy, including its large fold-out map of the Orne. Included: An 8vo collection of late 19th-century/early 20th-century pamphlets (bound in burgundy half-cloth, smooth spine) detailing the biographies and works of scholars from the Orne region (Arthur-Louis Letacq, Henri Beaudouin, Abbé Hommey, etc., etc.). A fine copy (all covers are intact).