LUBET (A.): Le Bahut. Album de Saint-Cyr.... - Lot 196 - Richard Maison de ventes

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LUBET (A.): Le Bahut. Album de Saint-Cyr.... - Lot 196 - Richard Maison de ventes
LUBET (A.): Le Bahut. Album de Saint-Cyr. Paris, Magnin, Blanchard et Cie, s.d. (circa 1863). One volume. 23.5 by 31.5 cm. (4)-IV-184-(8) pages. Full green morocco, 5-rib spine, very well decorated boxes, triple outer framing of boards, triple inner framing, with 4 fleurons, double fillet on edges, wide inner lace, gilt head. Binding signed PRAT Fils. Binding in perfect condition, interior in perfect condition. Humorous history of the Ecole de Saint-Cyr, illustrated with numerous caricatures by Lubet in the text. But the book also includes a vocabulary of school slang, two maps, a list of students who became generals, a list of valedictorians since 1820, a list of students from 1803 to 1807, then from 1818 to 1860. It ends with an 8-page supplement, listing students since 1860. This allows the book to be dated circa 1863. An exceptional binding, for a book intended for a Saint-Cyrien from the Grand Bahut.
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