MONNIER (Désiré). Les Jurassiens recommandables]. Biographie - Lot 298

MONNIER (Désiré). Les Jurassiens recommandables]. Biographie jurassienne ou Histoire des hommes du Jura qui se sont distingués dans l'art militaire, dans les sciences, l'industrie, l'agriculture et les belles-lettres. Lons-le-Saunier, Arthur Escalle, no date [1828]. In-8°, 503 pp. Caramel half-chagrin, spine with 4 faux-nerfs, gilt title (20th century binding). As indicated by a handwritten note in red ink on the title, "this volume is the one published in 1828, by Frédéric Gauthier in Lons-le-Saunier, by Désiré Monnier. Only the cover and title have been changed. The introduction, consisting of two letters, one from a friend of the author, signed ***, and the other the author's reply, has been removed. Both are of no interest. June 19, 1902. The original title is "les Jurassiens recommandables." Some foxing.