CÉNAC MONCAUT (Justin Édouard Mathieu) - Lot 77

CÉNAC MONCAUT (Justin Édouard Mathieu) Histoire des Peuples et des Etats Pyrénéens (France-Espagne) depuis l'époque Celtibérienne jusqu'à nos jours. Second edition augmented by the Etymology of Place Names and the Complete Archaeology of the French and Spanish Pyrenees. Decorated with 55 engravings. Paris, Didier, 1860. 5 volumes in-8 : 2f., IV, 618pp. / 2f., 432pp. / 2f., 644pp., 2f. / 2f., 522pp.., 1f. / 2f., 496pp., 1f. ; 39 wood-engraved plates hors texte conforming to the table (0/0/7/0/32). Signed letter from the author. Contemporary ½ red chagrin, gilt title and tomaisons on spine, gilt super libris at foot of Count Louis de Germont, marbled heads. The first edition dates from 1853-55, the third from 1873, (4 vol. in-8). This 1860 edition is the only one with illustrations, the definitive edition, and a rare one. The number of 55 engravings announced on the title refers to 55 figures grouped on 39 plates. Barbe, echoed by Labarère, announces engravings in text, none of which we have seen in the collations (Labarère 371)(Barbe 147). Provenance: Figure of Count Louis de Germont of the Château de Labatut-Rivière.