Annuaire du ministère de l'agriculture, du commerce et des travaux publics pour l'année 1866[Directory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works for the Year 1866]
First edition, one of the rare copies printed on deluxe paper.
Full cherry-red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt fillets and triple gilt panels, some rubbing to headcaps and bands, gilt rolls at the headcaps, gilt fillet, dotted and garland borders on the covers, scratches and stains to the lower portion of the front cover, white moiré silk endpapers and pastedowns, gilt garland borders on the pastedowns, all edges gilt, gilt dots on the edges, contemporary binding.
One wormhole at the foot of the final leaves not affecting the text, some foxing, particularly on the white endpapers, library shelf labels pasted on a pastedown.
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