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70 - LYON COLLECTION: 4 works, 5 volumes:
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Estimate 40 € - 50 €
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LYON COLLECTION: 4 works, 5 volumes: - CORROZET (Gilles) CHAMPIER (Claude). Catalogue of the ancient structures of towns, cities, rivers and fountains situated in the Three Gauls. Lyon, Georg, 1882, 2 in-12 volumes, VIII pp.–150 pp. – 2 folios–108 pp. Bound in olive-coloured half-shagreen, corner pieces, spine with 4 raised bands, small gilt fleurons, trimmed. (Contemporary bindings). – The interior of the volumes is in very fresh condition; the lower part of the covers is very slightly warped due to past damp damage. (Lyonnaise Collection). Carefully printed on strong laid paper, with a print run of only 100 copies, 82 of which were for sale, the 11 volumes of the collection were not listed in detail by the publisher. The *Catalogue of the Ancient Foundations of Cities*… was published in 1539. Champier’s *Second Book on the Singularities of Gaul* was published in 1538; it forms volume 2 here. Short introductory note. (Vicaire II, 776). - GONON (R. P. Benoist). Histoire & Miracles de Notre-Dame de Bonnes-Nouvelles des célestins de Lyon. Lyon, Georg, 1882, in-12, VIII pp. – 134 pp. – 1 folio. Bound in olive half-shagreen, corners, spine with 4 raised bands, small gilt fleurons, trimmed. (Contemporary binding). – A fresh copy. (Lyon Collection). Reprint of a Lyon edition from 1639. - QUINCARNON (Charles de). The Antiquities and the Foundation of the Metropolis of Gaul and of the Church of Lyon and its Chapels, together with the epitaphs which time has faithfully preserved there. Lyon, Georg, 1879, in-12, XIII pp. – 1 f. – 121 pp. – 2 ff. Bound in olive half-shagreen, corners, spine with 4 raised bands, small gilt fleurons, trimmed. (Contemporary binding). - Interior in very fresh condition; lower part of the covers very slightly warped due to previous damp damage. (Collection Lyonnaise). Fifth title in the Collection Lyonnaise, reprinting a text originally published in Lyon in 1673). - QUINCARNON (Charles de). The foundation and antiquities of the Basilica of Saint Paul in Lyon. Lyon, Georg, 1882, in-12, X–158 pp. Bound in olive half-shagreen, corners, spine with 4 raised bands, small gilt fleurons, trimmed. (Contemporary binding). – Interior in very fresh condition; lower part of the covers very slightly warped due to previous damp damage. (Lyonnaise Collection). Tenth volume in this collection.
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Auction time 29/10/2026 à 11h00
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