L'Orléanais. Histoire des Ducs et du Duché d'Orléans, comprenant l'histoire et la description de la Beauce, du Pays Chartrain, du Biésois, du Vendômois, du Gâtinais, du Perche, et de ce qui constituait l'ancienne généralité d'Orléans

Edition illustrated by MM. Baron, Français, C. Nanteuil and Rouargue, engraved by the finest French and English artists.
Publisher's half black shagreen binding, spine with 4 raised bands, compartments decorated with gilt fillets, black cloth boards, all edges gilt.
Extensive foxing.
First printing of the 14 steel-engraved plates printed separately from the text, the 2 maps and the wood engravings.