LOCHARD (Joseph) - Lot 427

LOCHARD (Joseph) Ephémérides du Béarn et du Pays basque. Paris, Dumoulin ; Orthez, Goude-Dumesnil, 1866. In-8: 192pp. Modern brown basane, burgundy title-pieces on ornate ribbed spine, irons, double fillet framing the boards, fleurons in spandrels, all in cold, publisher's green cover preserved. First edition. This "diary" shows you day by day the key events in the history of the department. The subject of extensive research, the author has taken care to indicate his sources. A fun way to approach history, to be read every morning when you wake up. A table still needs to be drawn up to make this book a good working tool. If we understand L. LACAZE, this book and Émile GARET's "Mémorial des Pyrénées peint par lui-même" would be the first two works printed in Orthez since 1675!