Charles Douniol • J. Lecoffre & Cie|Paris 1864|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First edition. Half navy sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with quadruple gilt fillets, scratches with two lacks of leather on marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding. Printed stamps serving as bookplates on title page, some minor foxing without gravity.
First edition. Research on the origins, traditions, institutions of Germanic peoples and their establishment in the Roman world. Spine cracked and reattached with losses at head and foot, a crease mark affecting the second board and final leaves, foxing.