LACROIX (Paul) - Moeurs, usages et costumes au Moyen Age et - Lot 169

LACROIX (Paul) - Moeurs, usages et costumes au Moyen Age et à l'époque de la Renaissance. Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1872; in-4, 603 pp. in publisher's blue half-maroquin with corners, 5-ribbed spine, marbled head. Paul Lacroix is better known by his pseudonyms Paul Jacob or Bibliophile Jacob. He is best known for his editions of ancient texts as a polygraph and bibliographer. He annotates and comments.... He had a fine collection of antiquarian books. In 1848, he was appointed curator of the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal. He collaborated with Henri Martin on the Histoire de France. Illustrated with 15 chromolithograph plates by F. Kellerhoven and 400 engravings in the text. Expert : M. Philippe HENRY