495. DUPIN (Claude-François-Etienne). Histoire administrative des communes de France, or Revue historique des divers changemens survenus dans l'organisation administrative des villes et communes, des provinces et départemens, depuis le début de la monarchie jusqu'à l'avènement de Charles X. Preceded by a biographical note on the author, by his son, and a preface, by M. Dupin aîné, President of the Chamber of Deputies. Paris, Houdaille, 1834, in-8, [4]-XXXII-338 pp. midnight blue half-maroquin, spine ribbed, cold-stamped fillets (period binding). Posthumous second edition of the Histoire de l'administration locale, first published in 1829. Magistrate Claude-François-Etienne Dupin (1767-1828) took a keen interest in all matters relating to this subject. A good copy.