Bordier, Henri-Léonard. Les Eglises et Monastères... Lot n° 40

Paris, Chez Aug. Aubry, coll. "Le trésor des pièces rares ou inédites", 1856. In-12 of 18.5 x 12 cm. The publisher's brown percaline cardboard, decorated with gilded irons on the first plate. 117pp.; complete. Rare collection of prose and verse pieces from the 10th, 13th and 14th centuries collected by archivist Bordier. Some are unpublished and constitute precious sources for the history of Paris. They are followed by a list of the churches and monasteries founded in Paris from 1325 to 1789, a state of the churches in 1856 and a table of the names cited. One of 330 copies on laid paper after 22 large papers. -- Cardboard in good condition, caps and corners with light rubbing. Fresh interior, some fine freckles on the title page and the guards, not serious. Non-ruined. Good copy.