From The Library: Charles Le Goux De La Berchère: *a Summary Of The General History Of Languedoc*

A fine copy in 12° format, bound in glazed light brown calfskin; the ribbed spine is adorned with gilt metal fittings in the panels; the title and volume number are in havana morocco; the covers feature a triple gilt fillet border with the corners decorated with plumes; the edges are gilt in bright gold; marbled endpapers with lace-like patterns, the coat of arms of the bibliophile prelate stamped on the covers: Charles Le Goux de La Berchère (1647–1719), an eminent French prelate who served successively as Bishop of Lavaur, Archbishop of Narbonne, and President-elect of the Assembly of the Estates of Languedoc....”"Abridged General History of Languedoc," by Dom Joseph Vaissette, a Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint-Maur. Paris: Jacques Vincent, Printer to the Estates of Languedoc, Rue S. Séverin, at the Angel. M. DCC. XLIX. (1749). A subject that was dear to him and that concerned him...!!