CÉNAC MONCAUT (Justin Édouard Mathieu) - Lot 283

CÉNAC MONCAUT (Justin Édouard Mathieu) Voyage archéologique et historique dans l'ancien Comté de Comminges et dans celui des Quatre-Vallées. Tarbes, Telmon ; Paris, Didron 1856. In-8 : 1f., 104pp. ; 13 wood-engraved plates hors texte. Nineteenth-century anthracite morocco, ribbed spine, gilt small-inked boxes, triple gilt fillet on covers, double gilt fillet on edges, inner gilt lace, gilt edges, publisher's yellow cover preserved. A very fine copy in an unsigned master binding. This series (which comprises 7 volumes) is completed by archaeological notes in the Counties of Béarn; Astarac and Pardiac; the Basque Country, Labour and Guipuscoa; the County of Comminges and the Quatre-Vallées; and the Kingdom of Navarre. There are versions without plates. Provenance: Copy from the library of Abbé Doazan.