"Pfister - History Of Nancy. Berger-levrault & Cie Booksellers-publishers, 1902, Copy No. 4/15."
PFISTER (Christian) - History of Nancy. Paris, Berger-Levrault & Cie Libraires-Editeurs, 1902; large 8vo Jesus, XXIV-752 + 30 pl. out of text, VIII-1104 + 45 pl. out of text, VIII-916 pp. + 27 pl. out of text, publisher's binding in half brown morocco, smooth spine stamped in special gilded irons representing the Lorraine thistle, covers preserved. The 6 volumes. Copy number 4, one of 15 numbered copies on tinted ideal paper. The author was a correspondent of the Institute, as well as rector of the University of Strasbourg. Volume I. – From the origins until the death of Duke René II (1508). Volume II. – From the accession of Duke Antoine to the death of Henry II (1624). Volume III. – From the accession of Charles IV to the death of Stanislas to the reunion of Lorraine with France (1766). The best history of Nancy. A detailed and almost unsurpassable history. We only need to add the contemporary history of the last 100 years and we have the entire history of the city of Nancy. Numerous black and white illustrations and some in color, in text and out of text. Very good condition despite a very slight water stain at the bottom of the first volume, note: the copies on large paper are bound in 6 volumes instead of 3.