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JANIN, Jules [Gabriel].
La Bretagne.
All aspects of Brittany are richly illustrated by the best artists of the period, such as: Bellangé, Gigoux, Gudin, Isabey, Morel-Fatio, J. Noel, Rouargue, Saint-Germain, Fortin, and Daubigny.
- Published
- Paris: Ernest Bourdin, [1844]
- References
- Vicaire IV 541
- Plates
- 12
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: Ernest Bourdin, [1844]
- Ref
- 712
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. pp. 4 p.l. 628. with half-title. Twenty-one steel engraved plates (incl. frontis. portrait title & map) 4 colour plates of arms & 8 colour plates of costume together with numerous wood engravings in the text plus a wood-engraved title vignette. Contemporary quarter chagrin, handsome spine stamped and lettered in gilt (slightly rubbed and some scattered foxing with some plates & leaves heavily affected). Marbled edges and endpapers. Coloured plates in order: [Map] La Bretagne. 1. Plate 1. Heraldic Arms of Brittany. 24 coats of arms, beginning with 'Alain Fergent' and ending with ''Herve de Budes.' 2. Plate 2. Heraldic Arms of Brittany. 24 coats of arms, beginning with 'Olivier de Carne' and ending with 'Raoul Andren.' 3. Plate 3. Heraldic Arms of Brittany. 24 coats of arms; Beginning with 'G. de Bisdelon' and ending with 'Brest.' 4. Plate 4. Heraldic Arms of Brittany. 24 coats of arms; Beginning with 'Beaumanoir' and ending with 'Geoffroi Mellon'. 5. Bourg de Sainte-Andre (Loire-Inferieure). 6. Plougastel (Pres Brest) (Finistere). 7. Briec (Pres Quimper) (Finistere). 8. Fouesnant et le Grand-Ergue (Finistere). 9. Plouneour-Trez (Pres Lesneven) (Finistere). 10. Pont-L'Abbe (Finistere). 11. Guenene (Morbihon). 12. Pluvigner (Arrond de Lorient) (Morbihan).
