Pitre-Chevalier - Bretagne et Vendée - 1860

PITRE-CHEVALIER. Bretagne et Vendée. The history of the French Revolution in the West. Paris, W. Coquebert, n.d. (ca. 1860); in-4 (27 x 18.5 cm), half-chagrin with corners, decorated ribbed back (Fournier). 648 pp. Book decorated with fold-out maps, numerous engravings in the text, inserted plates and 7 plates of coloured coats of arms, after A. Leleux, O. Penguilly and T. Johannot. Work of regional history, intended as a successor to the ancient and modern Bretagne by the same author. Small bump in the bottom corner of the second cover, usual rubbing on the binding, scattered foxing, some very browned inserted plates.