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Baillargé, Alphonse, and Vte. Joseph Walsh. LES CHÂTEAUX DE BLOIS RESTAURÉ, CHAMBORD, CHAUMONT, AMBOISE ET CHENONCEAUX. Blois: Mme. Prévost, 1852. 16mo, original printed card covers. (2), 47, (1), 96, 44 pages; 3 lithographic plates depicting castles. Light foxing; very good. [with] Bosseboeuf, L. LE CHÂTEAU DE CHAUMONT SUR LOIRE. Tours: Éditions Alfred Mame, 1906. 4to, original printed card covers. xvi, 575, (1) pages; 270 text figures; 15 plates. Front cover taped. Very good. Two scarce publications relating to the Château de Chaumont, where Jean-Baptiste Nini created his terra cotta medallions of Franklin and other well-known figures of the day. The first work is cited in the bibliography to Richard Margolis's Benjamin Franklin in Terra Cotta: "Vicomte Joseph Walsh, although not actually naming Nini, stated. 'M. Le Ray ... avait fait venir un artiste distingué; on a de lui, en terre de Chaumont, des médaillons de Fracklin [sic], de Louis XIV et de Marie-Antoinette, encore recherchés aujourd'hui.'" The second volume illustrates a number of medals associated with the castle and its people. Ex Richard E. Margolis Library.
Baillargé, Alphonse, and Vte. Joseph Walsh. LES CHÂTEAUX DE BLOIS RESTAURÉ, CHAMBORD, CHAUMONT, AMBOISE ET CHENONCEAUX. Blois: Mme. Prévost, 1852. 16mo, original printed card covers. (2), 47, (1), 96, 44 pages; 3 lithographic plates depicting castles. Light foxing; very good. [with] Bosseboeuf, L. LE CHÂTEAU DE CHAUMONT SUR LOIRE. Tours: Éditions Alfred Mame, 1906. 4to, original printed card covers. xvi, 575, (1) pages; 270 text figures; 15 plates. Front cover taped. Very good. Two scarce publications relating to the Château de Chaumont, where Jean-Baptiste Nini created his terra cotta medallions of Franklin and other well-known figures of the day. The first work is cited in the bibliography to Richard Margolis's Benjamin Franklin in Terra Cotta: "Vicomte Joseph Walsh, although not actually naming Nini, stated. 'M. Le Ray ... avait fait venir un artiste distingué; on a de lui, en terre de Chaumont, des médaillons de Fracklin [sic], de Louis XIV et de Marie-Antoinette, encore recherchés aujourd'hui.'" The second volume illustrates a number of medals associated with the castle and its people. Ex Richard E. Margolis Library.