15th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 136
 

136

Guyot, Edme-Gilles Dictionnaire des Postes. Paris: Chez la Veuve Delatour, 1754. 4to, full...

Guyot, Edme-Gilles
Dictionnaire des Postes. Paris: Chez la Veuve Delatour, 1754. 4to, full calf, spine decorated in compartments, lettered directly in one in gilt, all edges red, red star endpapers; folding letterpress table; provenance: Francesco Berio (armorial bookplate upper pastedown) - William, 3rd Viscount Dudley and Ward (armorial bookplate upper pastedown). First edition of this vital guide to the post offices of France. The guide addressed failures of delivery owing to incorrect addresses by breaking down districts and their designated offices.

Sold for £100
Estimated at £80 - £100


 

. Binding showing some wear, with slight loss to foot of spine, though joints still tight, pages a touch cockled, with some marking etc internally but generally very good.

 


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Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 15th Mar, 2019

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