TARDIEU (Ambroise). Histoire de la ville de Clermont-Ferrand, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. Moulins, Imprimerie de C. Desrosiers, 1870-1872, 2 strong vol. gr. in-4, index, red half-chagrin, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fleurons and fillets, double cold fillet framing the boards, gilt fleuron in the center of the boards and four in the spandrels, gilt tr. (contemporary binding). A rare work printed in an edition of 300 numbered copies signed by the author. The first volume is illustrated with a laminated photographic portrait of the author, a lithographed faux-title and 28 lithographs, including two fold-outs; the second volume comprises 19 lithographed plates, including 2 fold-outs. A good copy. Supra-libris F. R. de Chalaniat. (Some foxing, a few epidermis).