[DUFFOUR-DUBERGIER, Lodi-Martin, BIARNEZ and others]. Chroni - Lot 223

[DUFFOUR-DUBERGIER, Lodi-Martin, BIARNEZ and others]. Chronicles of the Château de Gironville extracted from Turpin's Latin Chronicle, Ben-Thamar's Arabic chronicle, and a ninth-century Norwegian poem. Illustrations by J.-A. Beaucé. Engravings by Pisan. Paris, Plon frères, 1854. 1 vol. in-4. Publisher's Bradel-style binding covered with illustrated waxed white paper, smooth spine, title, publisher's name and date printed. Rare first edition, not sold commercially. "This banter-filled production tells the fabulous story of an estate in the commune of Macau belonging to Mr. Duffour-Dubergier, a wealthy Bordeaux merchant and mayor of the city from 1842 to 1848, who died in 1862. He had some of his friends as collaborators, notably Mr. Biarnez, wine broker, then merchant in Bordeaux." Quérard, Supercheries, t. 2, col. 186. The work is illustrated with a chromolithographed frontispiece and woodcuts, 24 of which are hors-texte. The text is framed in different colors of foliage. A wide-margined copy, preserved in the publisher's binding. Heavy wear to binding, scattered foxing. ATTACHED FOUQUE, Victor. Recherches historiques sur les corporations des archers, des arbalétriers et des arquebusiers. Paris, L'Auteur et Dumoulin, 1852. 1 vol. in-8. Half vellum, smooth spine, author and title on red morocco, date on red morocco at tail. Covers preserved, brown spots. Also included: - DEMAY, J. Le costume au Moyen Age d'après les sceaux. Paris, Dumoulin, 1880. 1 vol. in-8, publisher's red half-chagrin, historiated boards, gilt edges (Engel). 2 chromolithographs, numerous illustrations. - VECELLIO, Cesare. Costumes anciens et modernes. Paris, Firmin Didot, 1859-1860. 2 vol. in-8 paperback. Numerous engravings, spine of vol. 1 split, held together with scotch tape.