NOUVELLES recherches sur la France, ou recueil de mémoires historiques sur quelques provinces, villes et bourgs du royaume. Ouvrage qui peut servir de supplément à l'Etat de France de M. de Boulainvilliers, & à la description du Royaume, par M. Piganiol.

A Paris, Chez Hérissant fils, 1766. 2 volumes. xii, (4, approbation, privilège du Roi), 528, (3, corrections et additions pour le premier volume) pp.; (8), 530, (2, corrections et additions pour le second volume) pp. Small 8vo. Contemporary marbled calf, spine richly gilt with raised bands, red morocco labels with gilt lettering, gilt triple fillet on sides. Conlon 66:949 (listed under Hérissant); Kress S.4454; not in Goldsmiths; not in Einaudi; not in INED; not in Higgs. First edition. Edited by Louis Théodore Hérissant. Interesting collection dealing with cities such as Annonay, Avalon, Avesnes, Bourg de Charenton, Mantes, Milly-en-Gatinois, Montargis, etc., etc., their history, culture, natural history, wine and so forth. According to the 'Avertissement', the work is based on material not used in the 1768-1778 edition of Lelong's Bibliothèque Historique, also published by Hérissant. Much material for that work was obtained through correspondance with 'des sociétés savantes' but Lelong did not use all of it. Quérard lists the work under Frevet de Fontette.