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Paris, 1883, Rouquette. Gelli notes the deluxe issue with copies on Japan paper and on velin, XVI-433 pages, and seven colored plates plus one black plate intercalated in the text.

Quality phase 101b: publication city recovered from the explicit opening imprint in this note.

Quality phase 101c: imprint agent recovered from the explicit opening statement and matched to the same-city authority.

Quality phase 101e: physical extent recovered after unique-expression review; composite collation preserved where present.

Paris: Rouquette, 1883; portrait, figures, plates and etchings.

Quality phase 101b: publication city recovered from the explicit opening imprint in this note.

Quality phase 101c: imprint agent recovered from the explicit opening statement and matched to the same-city authority.

Duplicate edition 3980 individually consolidated in quality phase 119 (2026-08-15).

Quality phase 291: The Paris 1883 deluxe issue is manifestation-specifically described with eight plates in total.

Quality phase 421: digitized volume and concordant collation confirm the 1883 first volume and its plate programme.

Cover retrieved from Internet Archive item histoiredelescri01meri in phase 636; official item image or verified title page, validated at 180×296 pixels.

Paris, 1886, Rouquette. Gelli treats this as the second volume of Merignac's large historical synthesis and praises the whole undertaking as the most complete nineteenth-century work on the subject.