Numbered copy, inscribed to the Duc de Luynes

Smith, John Spencer. Précis d'une dissertation sur un monument arabe du moyen age en Normandie [...].

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Second edition. Number 105 of 300 numbered copies, this one inscribed by the author to the Duc de Luynes (dated Paris, 1836).

A description of an ivory chest in the cathedral of Bayeux, Normandy, said to have been taken from the Saracens by Charles Martel. The inscription around the lock, in Cufic Arabic, states: "In the name of God, the most gracious and merciful, whose justice is perfect and whose grace boundless".

Spine insignificantly sunned, interior (apart from first gathering) browned and foxed.