Lot no. 177
HEYLLI, Georges d' (pseudonym of Edmond Antoine Poinsot). - Le Moniteur prussien de Versailles: reproduction of the 13 issues of the "Nouvelliste de Versailles" and the 108 issues of the "Moniteur officiel du Gouvernement général du Nord de la France" published in Versailles during the Prussian occupation. Paris, L. Beauvais, 1872 - 2 volumes small in-4 of XIII pp, (1) f., 632 pp. for volume 1 ; (2) ff, 684 pp. for volume 2 ; half red morocco with corners, spine ribbed, initials interlaced and date at foot, gilt heads, untrimmed. (Alfred Farez). Published by Edmond-Antoine Poinsot (1833-1902) under the pseudonym Georges d'Heylli, this is a reprint of the official daily newspapers published by the German authorities: "Le Nouvelliste de Versailles", nos. 1-13 (15-28 October 1870) and "Moniteur officiel du département de Seine-et-Oise [then : Moniteur officiel du Gouvernement général du Nord de la France et de la Préfecture de Seine-et-Oise]", nos. 1-108 (29 October 1870-5 March 1871); the headlines of the first issues of each series are reproduced. A very fine copy, with full margins on large paper, in an elegant half-maroquin binding by Alfred Farez.
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