FROSSARD, Émilien Benoît Daniel - Lot 139

FROSSARD, Émilien Benoît Daniel Tableau pittoresque, scientifique et moral de Nismes et de ses environs, à vingt lieues a la ronde Nîmes, Bianquis-Gignoux, 1834-1835 BEAUTIFUL EXEMPLAIRE IN EARLIER BINDING [bound in:] Du même, Tableau pittoresque... Supplément. Nîmes, Bianquis-Gignoux, 1838 ORIGINAL EDITIONS 2 volumes and a Supplement bound in one volume (205 x 126mm) ILLUSTRATION: numerous engravings, mostly hors-texte, some folding CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Blue calf spine and corners, long spine decorated with gilt fillets, blue waxed paper boards, marbled edges. Some brown spots Pastor Émilien Benoît Daniel Frossard (1802-1881) was in charge of the Nîmes Reformed church, college and prison chaplaincies from 1825 to 1847, at the height of the Revival.