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153 - (Lyon) – The Golden Age of Lyon Printing.
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(Lyon) – The Golden Age of Lyon Printing. Paris, 1972. In-4, 162 pp, loose errata sheet, the publisher’s cream-coloured cardboard binding illustrated with the embossed mark of the printer Claude Servan on the upper cover, gilt headband. A fine volume. Illustrations in black and colour, some full-page, and a fold-out map of Lyon. The articles are by H. Hours, H. J. Martin, M. Audin and J. Toulet. Included: - From the ‘Histoire et civilisation du Livre’ collection. New Studies on Lyon. By R. Chartier, L. Desgraves, H.-J. Martin, M. Remillieux, G. Parguez. Geneva, 1969. In-8, paperback, XIV, 250 pp, with plates, including one fold-out. - CHARLÉTY (Sébastien). A critical bibliography of the history of Lyon from its origins to 1789. Lyon and Paris, 1902 (Reprint, 1978). 8vo, VII, 357 pp, publisher’s binding. The history of the city of Lyon through the books that have celebrated it. Nearly 2,000 books described and often commented upon. Index of names. - Books and Readers in Lyon. Six psycho-sociological surveys conducted in 1965–1967. Lyon, 1968. Large in-8, 124 pp, paperback. Maps and photographs as inserts. - PONOT (René). Louis Perrin and the Enigma of the Augustaux. With a preface by Fernand Baudin. Paris, Éditions des Cendres, 1998. In-4, paperback, cover with flaps. 113 pp., [2 ff.]. A print run of 395 numbered copies, 1/380 on ivory laid paper. - Catalogue of a major book collection. Containing numerous curious and rare works on all subjects, notably on the history of the city of Lyon and the neighbouring provinces… Lyon, Louis Brun, 1905. In-8, paperback. 227 pp., 1,602 items described.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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Auction time 10/05/2026 at 2:00 PM
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