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326. DEVIENNE (Dom, Charles-Jean-Baptiste Devienne d'Agneaux - Lot 326
326. DEVIENNE (Dom, Charles-Jean-Baptiste Devienne d'Agneaux, known in religion). History of the city of Bordeaux. Bordeaux, Simon de La Court & Cie, 1771. In-4, [2] f., xxxvi, 537 p., [3] p., pl., first edition of the first part of this famous historical essay by Dom Devienne (1728-1792), illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece by Clément-Pierre Marillier (1740-1808), a plan of the Roman city, a plan of the Gallien palace, an engraving representing the pillar of Tutelle, a portrait of Montaigne and a portrait of Montesquieu. Dom Devienne, a Benedictine of the Congregation of St. Maur, historiographer of Guyenne, was commissioned in 1754 by the jurats of Bordeaux to write the history of this city. The first volume was published at the expense of the Bordeaux jury, which never hurried to print volume II, which remained unpublished until 1862.
Aureole on the frontispiece.
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