ESTANCELIN (Louis). Collection de Cartes concernant les Forê - Lot 46

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ESTANCELIN (Louis). Collection de Cartes concernant les Forê - Lot 46
ESTANCELIN (Louis). Collection de Cartes concernant les Forêts, Triages et Bois Taillis du Comté- Pairie d'Eu. S. l., 1768. Small in-4° (195 x 251 mm), green basane, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, gilt edges (period binding). "Avec plusieurs Desseins & Etats analogues au Commerce et à la Partie des Bois". 40 ff. entirely engraved by CHAMBON, including : - an ornate title with the coat of arms of the Count of Eu ; - thirteen pages of text ; - 26 maps, plans or figures, including an "Elevation of the Château de Romesnil", two glass plates & one botanical plate. One of the first printed books to use maps and text to describe the contents and management of a large forest estate. The county of Eu was then owned by Louis Charles de Bourbon (1701-1775), Duc d'Aumale and Prince des Dombes, third son of the Duc du Maine and grandson of Louis XIV. In 1775, it passed to the Duc de Penthièvre, and after his death to the Orléans family. Spine slightly faded; small stains, annotations and epidermis on boards. "This volume, which was obviously not intended for the trade, is extremely rare" (Thiébaud, 155). A FINE COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BINDING OF THIS RARE BOOK.
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