[To arms]. ECREMENT (L.). Essai historique sur la ville de L - Lot 226

[To arms]. ECREMENT (L.). Essai historique sur la ville de Luxeuil et son abbaye. Lure, Bettend, no date. In-8° 152, 15, [1] pp. blue half-chagrin, spine with 5 false rings, gilt title, gilt arms on upper cover, gilt edges (Binding of the period). From the library of Charles de MANDRE, with his arms gilt on the upper cover and his engraved bookplate. Charles DEMANDRE (1805-1875), known as "Charles de Mandre", poet and autograph collector, member of a family of ironmasters from the northern Haute-Saône region. Acquired, as indicated in a handwritten note, at the sale after the death of M. de MANDRES on February 8, 1887, catalog no. 1508. [Paris, Maison Silvestre, 28 rue des Bons-Enfants, room no. 1, second floor, January 31-February 9, 1887. The catalog was written by Lorédan LARCHEY]. Binding rubbed, boards pitted, spine gilding faded. A good copy, however, with a remarkable provenance.