Lecture et transcription des vieilles écritures. Manuel de paléographie des XVIe, XVIIe, XVIIIe siècles [...].

Folio; 9 pl. (text n.c., some sm. wormholes, some spotting).

Contemp. quarter cloth, flat spine (corners lightly bumped, edges of boards sl. rubbed).

Reference work on the study of historic handwriting, ill. with 9 pl. of various examples. De Bourmont (1860-1901), French historian and journalist, obtained a degree in paleography from the "École nationale des chartes".