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Edité par Paris, Bibliothèque du Cercle de Numismatique,, 1867
Vendeur : Librairie ancienne du Vivarais, Saint Etienne de Boulogne, France
Tiré à part de "l'Annuaire de la Société de Numismatique et d'Archéologie".Pierre-Antoine Labouchère, né à Nantes, peintre du protestantisme et collectionneur. in-8 de 3 pp. + 1 planche gravée, légère mouillure ; Reliure: br., tampon sur la 2ème de couverture: "Monnaies & médailles. Raymond Serrure & Cie. 53, rue de Richelieu Paris".
Cloth. Etat : Fair. Pierre-Antoine Labouchere (illustrateur). First edition. A very scarce volume in which scenes from the life of Martin Luther are depicted in lithographs after the paintings of Pierre-Antoine Labouchere. The first edition of this very scarce work.Illustrated with a chromolithographic title page, and twelve lithographic plates.These plates are produced by Day & Son, 'lithographer to the Queen', after the work of French historical painter Pierre-Antoine Labouchere.The plates are accompanied by letterpress descriptions by the Swiss Protestant minister and historian of the Reformation Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigne. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Tide marks to head of front board. Joints starting, with boards tender. Cloth at back strip head detaching. Lacking free endpapers. Internally, binding failed due to gutta percha. Small closed tears and chipping to page perimeters. Pages generally bright, with foxing to title page, and spotting throughout. Significant losses to perimeters of pages 13-16, with large closed tear to centre of page 15-16. Fair. book.