[President Sadi CARNOT, Corsica]. TOURANJON (André). Catalog - Lot 195

[President Sadi CARNOT, Corsica]. TOURANJON (André). Catalog méthodique de la Bibliothèque communale de la ville d'Ajaccio. Ajaccio, Joseph Pompeani, 1879. In-8°, xlii pp, 1 bl. f., 931 pp. Empire green mosaic morocco, richly decorated spine with 5 faux-nerfs, between-nerfs decorated with a red morocco centerpiece, gilt title, rich gilt framing on covers with mosaic three-color republican coat-of-arms in spandrels, Gilded ex-dono on the upper cover, and on the lower cover, the gilded figure of Sadi Carnot on a large mosaic blazon in the three colors of the Republic, double gilded fillet on the edges, rich gilded lace on the covers, green silk tabis, gilded edges. A copy offered by the Municipality of Ajaccio to President Sadi CARNOT on the occasion of his visit to the Bibliothèque Communale on April 21, 1890. The ex-donation on the precious binding is doubled by another on the false-title, with a wet stamp from the Ajaccio Town Hall, and the signature of Mayor Joseph PUGLIESI. A very fine copy.