Notice sur des fouilles exécutées à la Butte-Ronde près Dampierre (Seine-et-Oise) par M. le Duc de Luynes

First edition illustrated with 19 lithographed plates in colour or printed on tinted grounds (including a plan), with captioned tissue guards.

Only two copies recorded in the CCF (BnF and Musée de l'Homme).

The sole edition of this report, in fact written by the duke’s secretary, A. Gory.

La Butte-Ronde lies near the Luynes family estate at Dampierre (though in fact within the commune of Saint-Forget): the learned archaeologist who was the eighth duke (1802-1867) could hardly fail to take an interest in excavations carried out on the site, which brought to light a Gallo-Roman fanum. The pamphlet enjoyed only confidential circulation, and the duke’s death, in that same year 1867, prevented the discovery from receiving the attention it deserved.

A pleasing copy, with a few minor foxing spots, chiefly affecting the tissue guards.