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254 - [Bourbonnais] ALLIER (Achille). Sketches of the Bourbonnais. Moulins: Desrosiers, n.d. [1831]. An oblong 8vo volume, in modern half-shagreen, with a ribbed spine and a gold-stamped title running lengthwise. Scattered foxing.
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[Bourbonnais] ALLIER (Achille). Sketches of the Bourbonnais. Moulins: Desrosiers, n.d. [1831]. An oblong 8vo volume, in modern half-shagreen, with a ribbed spine and a gold-stamped title running lengthwise. Scattered foxing. First edition and first printing of these beautiful lithographs, which constitute one of the very first Romantic albums on the Bourbonnais region. The work consists of a lithographed title page, followed by 9 lithographs as inserts (out of 12) depicting monuments and various scenes of rural life in the Bourbonnais, each accompanied by a short text of 7 or 9 pages: Souvigny - Château de Bourbon-l’Archambault - Château de Meillant - Montluçon - The Fountain of Saint-Rémy - The Peasant Woman - The Country Lawyer - The Poor Old Man - Cavaux-Sainte-Anne.
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