Search Results: Titles starting with R from Librairie Raphaël Thomas

The Cathedral Notre-Dame of Verdun, the oldest cathedral in Lorraine, was built from the 10th century in the Rhenish Romanesque style and consecrated in 1147 by Pope Eugene III. Modified in the 14th century by the architect Pierre Perrat, it was expanded in the 15th and 16th centuries in the flamboyant Gothic style. On April 2, 1755, the cathedral was severely damaged by lightning and fire. It was rebuilt according to the wishes of Bishop Chrétien-François de Nicolaï and Canon Chaligny de Plaine, with elements of Baroque and Rococo styles that still give it its eclectic appearance today.
During the reconstruction, the canon de Plaine aimed to restore divine grandeur to the structure by covering its Romanesque and Baroque elements with contemporary motifs. This included the installation of organs by the Nancy-based craftsman Nicolas Dupont, the filling of the crypt (rediscovered after World War I), the installation of carved wooden stalls, and the destruction of the rood screen in favor of the… Read More

2 volumes in 1, octavo (22 x 14 cm); 10p., XXXIXp., 53p., [2]p.; [2]f., 8p., XXXp., 7p., p. XXXI to LXXVI, 74p. and [2]p. Contemporary full cherry calf binding, spine with raised bands and gold and blind tooling, covers adorned with black crossed fillets, with a sprinkling of small gold flowers, blind-tooled border and gold fillets, and a blind-stamped rosette at the center. The original blue paper waiting covers for each year have been preserved. Uncut copy, with wide margins. Some scattered foxing.
Compilation of two annual collections from the Academy of Jeux floraux, the renowned Toulouse academy with origins dating back to the Middle Ages (1323), considered the oldest literary society in the Western world. This academy was the first to recognize the poems of the young Victor Hugo from 1818 to 1822.
The years 1820 and 1821 include four early poems by Victor Hugo (Mr. Victor-Marie Hugo, from Besançon):
Moïse sur le Nil, Ode qui a obtenu une Amaranthe réservée (1820, pp. VII à IX) ;
Le Jeune… Read More