[Rarebooks] For Sale: Collection of historical & other tracts on Grenoble, 18th & 19th Centuries

[Norman Kane]

[GRENOBLE.]  BOUND VOLUME OF APPROX. 26 PAMPHLETS ON GRENOBLE & THE 
DAUPHINE REGION, (DROME DEPT., &c,) 1784-1848.    Old quarter 
leather, spine worn but holding, manuscript Index at rear.  Most are 
either not in OCLC, or are recorded in a few copies 
only.  (Remonstrances & petitions of the Parliament of the Dauphine 
to the King; description of the fetes in Grenoble in 1788 celebrating 
the restoration of the local Parliament; historical & statistical 
reports on the area; the Convent, the Cathedral, & the ancient roads 
& plan of Grenoble; antiquities; warm springs; railroad branches 
(with folding map); construction of a Natural History Museum; an 
artillery school; concessions for silver, cobalt & nickel mining; a 
theater project, with 2 folding plans; &c, &c.)
A treasure trove for the antiquary and historian, difficult if not 
well nigh impossible to duplicate.  $550.00   (Trade discount available.)


THE AMERICANIST (ABAA), 113 Creeks Edge, Chapel Hill, NC USA 27516-8962
Telephone: 919-967-9287        email: nkane at kanebooks.com.
Proprietor: Norman Kane (50 years as an antiquarian bookseller.)