BAUDOUIN, Marcel. The origin of Vichy. Ses sources sacrées f - Lot 298

BAUDOUIN, Marcel. The origin of Vichy. Ses sources sacrées fécondantes à l'époque gauloise. Published in Paris by Bureaux de la Société Préhistorique Française in 1917. In octavo / In-8 format. Havana half-basin with corners. Spine decorated with gilt fillets. Top edge gilt. 60 pages, covers preserved, + 2 plates h. -t. A work by prehistorian and ethnographer Marcel Baudoin (1860-1941) on the ancient origins of the spa town of Vichy and the supposed use of its waters to treat sterility. There are two out-of-text plates featuring small archaeological objects. A beautifully bound copy. Two in-fine added leaves contain pasted-in documents: a handwritten quotation from the 1917 bulletin of the Académie de Médecine (2 p.) and two clippings from related publications. Good condition. Some spotting; binding remains solid. Clean and bright inside.