[CARNOT, Lazare-Hippolyte]. Memoirs on Carnot by his son. Pa - Lot 107

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[CARNOT, Lazare-Hippolyte]. Memoirs on Carnot by his son. Pa - Lot 107
[CARNOT, Lazare-Hippolyte]. Memoirs on Carnot by his son. Paris, Pagnerre, 1861-1863. 2 vol. in-8° of 592 pp. ; 640 pp. Black morocco, spine with 5 nerves decorated with gilt olive branches, gilt title, gilt arms and date at the foot, triple gilt fillet on the boards, double gilt fillet on the edges, rich framing on the chasses, gilt heads, covers preserved (Bretault). With the arms of the Carnot family. First edition, the reused covers bear "1869", as on the back of the binding. Joseph Bretault was one of the workers of the bookbinder Victor Champs. He was born in 1856 and settled in 1880, 8 rue Bonaparte in Paris. At his death on April 23, 1903, the activity was continued by his widow, then by his son-in-law, Blanchetière, from 1906 (Fléty, Dictionnaire des relieurs français ayant exercé de 1800 à nos jours, Éditions Technorama, 1988, p. 33-34). Enriched with the subscription prospectus in duplicate. Minor foxing. A very nice copy, beautifully bound.
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