[Compiègne]. Description ou Abrégé historique de - Lot 225

[Compiègne]. Description ou Abrégé historique de Compiegne, with a guide to the forest. S.l., s.n., 1769. In-12 iv, 184, [4] pp. marbled fawn Basane, 5-rib spine with fleurons title page in garnet morocco, gilt fillet on the edges, red edges, red edges (period binding). Corrected and enlarged second edition of this guide originally published in 1765. From the libraries of Jean VERGNET-RUIZ (1896-1972), Curator of the Château de Compiègne, Jean COURAL (1925 2001), archivist, art historian and curator, specialist in French French tapestry. Appointed to the Château de Versailles, he went on to become general administrator of the Mobilier national and the manufactures des Gobelins, de Beauvais and de la Savonnerie from 1963 to 1991. (he received the copy in 1957 from the library of canon DELVIGNE, archpriest of Compiègne in 1956), and of Jacques MOURICHON, who died in 1972, President of the Société Historical Society of Compiègne, with their engraved bookplates. The title and first leaf have been rebacked. Binding damage. The original map is missing, replaced by one of those one of those published under the Empire: Plan de la forêt de Compiègne et de ses environs. Paris, Charles Picquet, no date [ca. 1812]. Wrapped in cloth, with publisher's engraved label on spine. In its folder half-paper green imitation Russian leather, decorated decorated with a gilt fillet and roulette, itself in a green in a green imitation Russian leather slipcase, with decorated in the same way, with the title gilt on one side. chemise and slipcase are period). Plan surveyed by Sieur BUSSAC in 1772, engraved by ALDRING after BOURGOIN. Charles PICQUET (1771-1827), Ordinary Geographer to Napoleon, then to of Louis XVIII and Charles X, engraver, publisher and map merchant, he became in 1798, he became the official supplier to the Dépôt de la Guerre and a member of the Paris Geographical Society. The engraved bookplate of Jean VERGNET-RUIZ is affixed to the of the folder. Some damage to the slipcase, but a good set.