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LE LABOUREUR (Claude). Les Mazures de l'abbaye royale de l'Isle Barbe les Lyon ou recueil historique de tout ce qui s'est fait de plus mémorable en cette église, depuis sa fondation jusques à présent : avec le catalogue de tous ses abbez, tant réguliers que séculiers. Paris, Nicolas Couterot, 1681. Two volumes in one small in-4 volume, full contemporary brown basane, spine ribbed and decorated. (16) ff, 316 pp, (1) blank f., 4ff, 674pp, (6) ff. Heads damaged, rubbed, one jaw split over 4 cm, paper slightly browned. Partly first edition. The first volume originally appeared in 1665. The "most reliable ancient nobiliary we have on the Lyonnais" (Saffroy). History of this famous convent founded near Lyon, one of the oldest in France. The author is very reliable, providing proof of the nobility of the monks and a first-rate genealogical tool for the Lyonnais region.

[Dauphiné] DEVAUX (Abbé A.). The dialects of the Dauphiné. Tome I. Dictionnaire des patois des Terres Froides avec des mots d'autres parlers dauphinois (...). Volume II. Atlas linguistique des Terres Froides. Lyon, Bibliothèque de la Faculté catholique des lettres, 1935. 2 volumes in an in-8 full posterior green Jansenist morocco, spine with 5 nerves decorated with two gilded titles, cover and spine preserved. XC, 335 pp., 415 pp. Rare first edition, complete in two parts: Tome I. Dictionnaire des patois des Terres Froides avec des mots d'autres parlers dauphinois; posthumous work published by Antonin Duraffour and Abbé P. Gardette. Preceded by a biography of the author by Lavallée and a geographical and historical introduction by Canon A. Dussert [it contains 6707 numbered articles. This does not mean exactly as many words, as several numbers sometimes represent the same term]. Tome II. Atlas linguistique des Terres Froides. Posthumous work published by Antonin Duraffour and Abbé P. Gardette [Neither Devaux nor Ronjat had thought of an Atlas of the Cold Lands. But the former had noted, on 800 large index cards, the phonetic and lexical variants of a special questionnaire devoted to common terms found everywhere. This was the starting point for the Atlas project. By discarding the cards that offered few variants or were incomplete, it was possible to reduce it to 394 lithographed maps, which fit into the format of volume l, since they only concern the Cold Lands, with their 67 localities]. A very fine copy in a quality modern binding.

[Dauphiné] CHORIER (Nicolas). Histoire de Dauphiné, abrégée pour Monseigneur le Dauphin. Grenoble, Philippes Charvys, 1674. 2 parts in one volume in-12, full speckled calf, smooth spine decorated. (18) ff., 314+375 pp., (1) f. Restoration to spine. Second edition, corrected and reduced in size, published the same year as the original. It is decorated with 4 genealogical tables in the first part. The second part contains the armorial of the Dauphiné with the arms and mottos of the noble houses. Maignien, Imprimerie, n° 614: "The errors in the errata of the first edition have been corrected in this second edition, which is much rarer. This work is dedicated to Monseigneur le Dauphin, and contains a piece of verse in praise of Chorier, by his friend François Boniel, prior of Treffort, dated January 1674." From the Corbian de Vaulserre library with armorial ex libris pasted on.

VARNET (F. A). Geography of the Rhône department. With a preface by M. A. Vachez. Lyon, chez tous les libraires, (1898). One volume in-8, posterior half-chagrin, covers preserved. (2) ff, VII, 446 pp, XIX plates. Rare first edition decorated with 21 coats of arms, 4 maps in black and 19 out-of-text maps. Also included: SABATIER (Georges). Châteaux anciens et modernes du Centre et du Sud-Est. Lyon, Audin, 1929. 2 volumes in-8, modern half-basane, covers preserved. (4) ff, 266 pp, (3) ff and (2) ff, 295 pp, (3)ff. Some soiling. First edition of 350 copies. This one, one of 230 on vellum. Numerous illustrations.

LA ROCHE LA CARELLE (Ferdinand, baron de). Armorial de la province du Beaujolais. Lyon, Louis Perrin, 1853. One large volume in-8, contemporary half calf with corners. (2), 110 pp., (2) ff. Slight rubbing. Armorial printed in small numbers decorated with a coloured coat of arms on the title page, a coloured map on a double page and 400 black coats of arms in the text. Saffroy, 17769.

GARREAU (Antoine). Description du gouvernement de Bourgogne, suivant ses principales divisions temporelles, ecclésiastiques, militaires et civiles; avec un abrégé de l'histoire de la province, et une description particulière de chaque pays, villes, bourgs, paroisses, et autres communautés qui dépendent de ce gouvernement. Dijon, A. de Fay, 1734. One volume in-8, full contemporary calf, spine ribbed and decorated, (4) ff. 707 pp. Small loss at foot of head, slight rubbing. Second and last edition, considerably enlarged compared to the first, published in 1717.

[MALINGRE (Claude). Histoire generalle des guerres de Piedmont, Savoye, Montferrat, Mantoue, & duché de Milan. Commencant aux mémoires du sieur di Villars, depuis 1550 jusques en l'an 1562 (...) Ensemble la généalogie des Duc de Savoye et leurs prétentions sur lesdits pays. Paris, Cardin Besongne, 1630. 2 volumes in-8, full old basane, spine ribbed. (11) ff, 898 pp. and (3) ff, 697 pp., (9) ff. Scattered foxing, spotting. The binding, restored, remains a little warped. A very rare first edition. Claude Malingre (1580-1653), a prolific writer, was appointed historiographer to the King.

GRAND-CARTERET (John). The mountain through the ages. Role played by it: how it has been seen. I. From ancient times to the end of the eighteenth. II. The mountain today. Grenoble, Moutiers, Dumas, Ducloz, 1903-1904. 2 volumes in-4, later burgundy half-chagrin. XV, 559 pp, vignette on title page and 307 illustrations based on old documents, including 3 double plates in chromolithography. Volume II: [iv], 494 pp, vignette on title page, frontispiece and 2 double plates in sepia, 2 other plates and 350 illustrations in the text. First edition of this important work illustrated with a total of 657 reproductions, some of which are double-page, out-of-text, in bistre or in colour. One of 50 copies on Japon Impérial (n°10).

[Savoie] FRÉZET (Jean). History of the Royal House of Savoy dedicated to H.S.H. Prince Victor-Emmanuel of Savoy-Carignan. Turin, Alliana et Paravia, 1826-1827. 3 volumes in-8 bound. 463 pp ; 598 pp, (1) f. ; 668 pp + 1 table. Accds and wear, title page of volume I missing, scattered foxing. First edition, illustrated with 85 hors-texte portraits of the counts and countesses of Savoy.

PORTALLIER (Antonin). Tableau général des victimes & martyrs de la révolution en Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais, spécialement sous le régime de la Terreur, 1793-1794. Saint-Etienne, Théolier, 1911. with : PORTALLIER (Antonin) and VINDRY (Fleury). Tableau général des victimes & martyrs de la révolution en Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais, spécialement sous le régime de la Terreur, 1793-1794. Supplement with 23 out-of-text portraits of martyrs (...). Yssingeaux, Ranchon, 1928. Two volumes in-4, raspberry half-maroquin with corners, ribbed spine, gilt head, cover and spine preserved (binding by Guétant). A considerable source for the history of the revolution in Lyon. A fine copy.

[Lyon] [Revolution]. Reunion of 2 volumes in-8, late fawn half-basane: 1/ SALOMON DE LA CHAPELLE (A.) Documents sur la Révolution. Lyon et ses environs sous la Terreur (1793 - 1794). Lyon, Henri Georg and Paris, Émile Lechavalier, 1885. First cover preserved, last page of text browned otherwise good condition. First edition. 2/ GUIGUE (Georges). Procès-verbaux des séances de l'Assemblée provinciale de la Généralité de Lyon et de sa Commission intermédiaire 1787 - 1790 (...). Trévoux, impr. Jules Jeannin, 1898. First cover preserved. Very good condition. Rare first edition.

JOUVENCEL (Henri de). L'Assemblée de la Noblesse de la Sénéchaussée de Lyon en 1789. Historical and genealogical study. Lyon, anc. Libr. Louis Brun, 1907. One large volume in-4, later half-chagrin, spine ribbed and decorated, covers preserved. First edition printed in an edition of 300 copies (this one not justified). Very numerous reproductions of coloured coats of arms. A fine copy. "Excellent and important genealogical compendium" (Saffroy, II, 28266).

[AUDIN (Marius). - Les Amis du Vieux Lyon. Cumin et Masson, 1917-1920. 13 volumes in-8 bradel half-percaline in various colours, round spine with gilt title, gilt head (except for the volume Légendes et Coutumes du Beaujolais which is paperback). 13 volumes making up the "AMIS VIEUX LYON" collection: AUDIN (Marius). Nos vieux moulins du Rhône, 1918, 110 pages. unjustified. AUDIN (Marius). Le confluent, 1919, 113 pages. n° 198/200. AUDIN (Marius). Légendes et coutumes du Beaujolais, 1918, n.p. [100 pages], paperback. FABIA (Philippe). La garnison romaine, 1918, 117 pages. n° 131/200. FOCILLON (Henri). Le voyage d'Ars, 1920, 110 pages. n° 11/200. FOUGERAT (L.). Manask' Légende du Mont d'Or, 1919, 97 pages. n° 178/200. LEROUDIER (E.). Noëls et chansons en patois lyonnais, 1918, 103 pages. n° 195/200. GERMAIN de MONTAUZAN (C.). Les premiers évocateurs du Vieux Lyon, 1920, 103 pages. n° 34/200. SACHET (Abbé A.). Les Rôtisseurs de Lyon, 1920, 90 pages. n° 140/200 . TRICOU (Jean). Le Plâtre Saint Esprit, 1920, 100 pages. n° 193/200. VALLAS (Léon). Lyon au temps jadis. Le théâtre et la Ville 1694-1712, 1919, 124 pages. n° 62/305. VERMOREL (Jean). Quelques petits théâtres lyonnais des XVIIIè et XIXè siècles, 1918, 101 pages. n° 167/200. VIAL (Eugène). La Ville de Lyon en vers burlesques 1683, 1918, 178 pages. n° 189/200.

[Villefranche-sur-Saône] MAGNOLET, Petrus (pseudonym of Joseph Balloffet). A travers les Rues de la Calade. Villefranche, éditions du Cuvier, 1931. One volume in-8, posterior half cloth with corners, leather title page, covers and spine preserved (spine lightened). 162 pp. First edition of these historical walks through the streets of Villefranche. Limited edition of 100 copies (no. 68).

[Savoie] [LESCHERAINE (G. de)]. Letter to Monsieur **** to one of his friends concerning the title of Royal Highness of the Duke of Savoy, and the royal treatment his Ambassadors receive from the Emperor and all the Kings of Christendom. Cologne, JJ. Sermat, 1701. One volume in-12, full contemporary basane, spine ribbed and decorated. 180 pp. Worn binding with tears, browning. First edition of this very rare work. An early handwritten note indicates that the author was G. de Lescheraine, President of the Senate of Savoy. Together with : GRILLET. Elements of chronology and geography, adapted to the history of the princes of the royal House of Savoy. With an abridged description of the Provinces which today form the States of the King of Sardinia. Chambéry, Lullin, 1788. [Followed by:] [PASQUIER]. Abrégé de l'histoire de Savoie depuis les romains. Annecy, Alexis Burdet, 1820. 2 texts in an in-12 volume, half-basane with small corners. 8pp, 176 pp, (2) ff and IX, 97 pp, (2) ff. Binding worn, pages 15/16 missing, margin cut short with loss of characters, brown stains.

[Dauphiné] [Drôme] LAMBERT (Théodore). Procès-verbal des principaux événemens qui se sont passés à Romans, depuis le 26 mars jusqu'au 24 avril 1814, rédigé par Monsieur Lambert et arrêté par le Conseil général de la commune. Valence, Marc Aurel, 1814. [Followed by:] Dialogue entre deux romanais et la nymphe de l'Isère, recité devant SAR Monsieur, à son passage à Romans, le 17 octobre 1814. Valence, Marc Aurel, November 1814. Two texts in an in-8 volume, posterior half-chagrin with corners, 5-ribbed spine (binding signed J.-E. Baudrillart). (2) ff, 44 pp, 8 pp. Very rare first edition. Perrossier, Essai de bibliographie romanaise, 177: "This brochure, as can be seen, is the official report on the Austrian occupation, drawn up by the town hall. It is the most interesting and the most complete that has been published on these serious events. The author, Théodore Lambert, was not only a witness to the drama, but also a player in it, and recounts its moving events. He was one of three deputies to the throne from the town of Romans, representing the town's misfortunes to Louis XVIII and asking for royal favours. The address to His Majesty, which he signed with the Count of Chabrière and the Baron of Montélégier, who were sent to Paris with him, concludes the report." A fine copy in a signed binding.

[Ain]. RAVERAT (Achille). The Valleys of Bugey. Historical, picturesque and artistic excursions in Bugey, Bresse, Savoie and the Pays de Gex. Lyon, Chez l'Auteur, 1867. Two volumes in-8, contemporary half basane, spine ribbed. (2) ff. 507 pp. and (2) ff. 506 pp. 1 folding map. Some rubbing, map stained. First edition.

RIVAIL (Aymar du). Description du Dauphiné, de la Savoie, du Comtat-Venaissin, de la Bresse et d'une partie de la Provence, de la Suisse et du Piémont au XVIe siècle. Extracted from the first book of the history of the Allobroges [...]. Grenoble, Ch. Vellot & Cie et F. Allier père et fils, 1852. One volume in-12, half calf blue-night, spine with 5 nerves. XXXVI+364 pp. Precious French translation of the Latin work published by A. de Terrebasse and printed by Perrin in 1844.

[Dauphiné] AUSCHER (Léon) and DREVET (Joanny). Splendour and Solitude of the Grande Chartreuse. Etchings and lithographs by Joannès and Joanny Drevet. Grenoble, Didier et Richard, 1930. One volume in folio, burgundy half-chagrin with leather and wood bands, smooth spine, gilt head, cover and spine cons. slipcase (modern binding). 12 pp of text and 20 etchings and drawings. A total of 560 copies printed. This one, no. 130, includes the suite of all the etchings on Hollande van Gelder. Perret 1377, Beccatini p. 79. A very fine copy despite a slight discharge of the etchings.

[Dauphiné] GUEYMARD (Émile). On the mineralogy, geology and metallurgy of the department of Isère. Grenoble, Baratier Frères et fils, 1830. One volume in-8, modern half-chagrin (binding signed J. Noblecourt). 219 pp, 1 folding map. Untrimmed. Scattered brown spots. Extremely rare first edition, complete with coloured fold-out geological map bound in fine. Jean François Emile GUEYMARD (1788-1869) was a former student of the Ecole polytechnique and the Ecole des mines de Paris. He ended his career in the Corps des Mines with the rank of Chief Engineer Director (23 March 1848), and his academic career as Dean of the Grenoble Faculty of Science.

[Dauphiné] [Isère]. Reunion of 5 volumes devoted to Vienne: 1/ REY (Étienne). Le Guide des étrangers à Vienne (Isère), ou aperçu sur ses monuments anciens et modernes, ses établissements publics et manufactures. Sold by the author and in Lyon, Lambert-Gentot, 1819. One volume in-8, post-war half-chagrin, spine with 4 nerves. Endpapers renewed, false title and last leaf reinforced, untrimmed. 170 pp. First edition complete with the map of Vienna (free), reduced and lithographed on French stone with all the changes made up to 1819 by the author, as well as the 3 lithographs by Rey. 2/ [BELLET (Abbé)]. Dissertation on the Mission of Saint Crescent, bishop and founder of the Church of Vienne in Gaul in the first century of the Christian era. Lyon, Brun et Valence, Lantheaume, 1879. One volume in-8, contemporary half vellum. XVI, 43 pp. Worn. First edition. 3/ Les Forfaits du 6 octobre, ou Examen approfondi du rapport de la procédure du Châtelet sur les faits des 5 et 6 octobre 1789, fait à l'Assemblée nationale par M. Charles CHABROUD, de Vienne en Dauphiné [...] ; suivi d'un Précis historique de la conduite des gardes-du-corps. S. l. [Paris], 1790. Volume II only (of II). One volume in-8, contemporary half-basane. (1) f., 312 pp. l. Rubbing and wear. 4/ VIENNA. Mélanges d'archéologie et d'histoire viennoise by a group of scholars. 7 issues. Vienna, Henri Martine, 1923 - 1924. [Followed by:] MAILLET-GUY (Abbé Luc). La Commanderie de Saint-Antoine de Vienne. Vienne, s.d. [Followed by:] VIENNA. Mélanges d'archéologie (...). Deuxième série: premiers et deuxièmes fascicules. Vienne, Henri Martin, 1925. One volume in-8, half post-chagrin. 5/ CAVARD (Pierre). Vienne la Sainte. Vienne, Blanchard, 1977. [Followed by:] Les lions de Saint-Pierre. Unpublished text by Canon Pierre Cavard. Vienne, Blanchard, 1975. Two texts in an in-8 volume, half calf. 205 pp, (1) f. and 29 pp. Very good condition.

[Dauphiné] [Isère] CALVET-ROGNIAT (Ferdinand). Crémieu Ancien et Moderne. Lyon, Dumoulin et Ronet, 1848. One large volume in-8, half morocco with corners, smooth spine decorated, covers preserved, gilt head (modern binding signed F. Durand). XII-228 pages. Some foxing. First edition of this work sold "for the benefit of the Crémieu hospital". 6 two-tone lithographed plates after Chapuy and one engraved plan (complete). Sent by the author.

Joanny DREVET (1889-1969). Annecy, the Thiou, Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered 53/500. Approx. 45.5 x 60 cm (sheet). A few tears at the edges, small loss at the lower right corner.

[Savoie] A-VALLE (Carlo). Illustrazioni storiche ed artistiche sulla R. Casa de Savoia. Turin, Gian-Tomm. Isnardi, 1844-1848. 2 volumes in 110 fascicles divided into 59 issues [complete]. In folio leaves under covers, as issued. VIII, 435 pp. and 430 pp, (3) ff. Covers soiled, one cover damaged and missing, moisture rings on last issue. First edition of this important album of portraits of personalities of the Royal House of Savoy, from Humbert I to Eugène Emmanuel de Savoie-Carignan. The illustrations include a title-frontispiece, a frontispiece and 44 portraits lithographed by Gemelli, on Chine laid down on thick vellum.

[Beaujolais]. 7 volumes: 1/ VILLIÉ (Émile de). Gognandises et bredineries beaujolaises. Villefranche, éditions du Cuvier, 1941. 1 volume in-8, modern red half-basane, covers and spine preserved. 253 pp. A fine copy. First edition printed in 950 copies. 2/ VILLIÉ (Émile de). Images du pays. Poèmes Beaujolais. Villefranche, éditions du Cuvier, 1944, one volume in-8, modern brown half-basin, covers and spine preserved. 191 pp. A fine copy. First edition. One of 150 numbered copies signed by the author (no. 111). 3/ VERMOREL (Jean). Souvenirs, Contes et Nouvelles. Preface by Justin Godart. Villefranche, éditions du Cuvier, 1942. One volume in-8 paperback. 151 pp. 4/ CARLOCHRISTI (pseud. of Arthur CHRISTIAN). Folâtreries Beaujoloises. A tort et à travers. Preface by Jules Clarétie. Paris, Ollendorff, 1905. One volume in-8, contemporary half-chagrin. XIV, 287 pp, (1) f. Spine soiled. First edition. 5/ BALLOFFET (Joseph). Silhouettes caladoises. Villefranche, éditions du Cuvier, 1931. One volume in-8 paperback. 158 pp, (1) f. Cover soiled, damp stain on first two pages. 6/ BONNAUD (Paul). Mes papillons. Villefranche, impr. du Réveil, 1931. One volume in-8 paperback. 226 pp. First edition. One of 200 copies on tinted gothic laid paper signed by the author. 7/ CARRIE (Julien). La roche des Fées. Preface by André Allix. Villefranche, éditions du Cuvier, s.d. One volume in-8 paperback. 123 pp.

BIGILLION (Emile). Les deux amours. Paris, L. de Potter, 1845. 2 volumes in-8, half caramel calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt fleurons and fillets, gilt head, covers and spine cons. (binding signed Stroobants). 346 and 364 pp. Very rare first edition of this "Dauphinois" novel, since the author himself destroyed a large part of the print run after fierce controversy: several inhabitants of Grenoble having recognised themselves in the characters. The author, a clerk at the Grenoble civil court following in the footsteps of his father François Bigillion, a close friend of Stendhal, was one of the city's greatest art collectors. His art collections were dispersed in 1869, and his library later in 1872 and 1878. A perfect copy in a signed 20th century binding.

[Lyon] [DREVET (Joannès)] VINGTRINIER (Emmanuel). Vieilles Pierres Lyonnaises. Lyon, Masson, 1911. One large volume in-4, green half-maroquin with corners, cover and spine preserved (binding signed H. Jacquet in Lyon). (6)-327-(1) pages + 5 h.t. etchings + 25 h.t. plates. Spine lightened, jaws rubbed and partially cracked, int. very clean. Edition of 1130 copies. This is one of 250 copies of the deluxe edition (no. 214 printed for Charles Roux) containing the 5 etchings in two states and the 25 large off-text compositions in two colours. A superbly illustrated classic on the history of LYON, through the description of its streets and squares over time. From the library of the bookbinder Edmée Friès, with her bookplate engraved by her friend Frédérique Charlaix.

PARADIN de CUISEAUX (Guillaume). Mémoires de l'histoire de Lyon, with a table of the memorable things contained in this book. Lyon, Antoine Gryphe, 1573. One volume in-folio, full 19th century basane, smooth spine decorated, (8) ff, 444 pp, (8) ff. Binding damaged and missing, spine lightened, title page and last page reinforced, scattered foxing, moisture spots, title page worn with small tears. First edition of this famous work decorated with a title in a beautiful woodcut frame. Handwritten privileges pasted on the flyleaf. Baudrier VIII, 363.

FORAS (Amédée de). Le Droit du seigneur au Moyen Âge, critical and historical study. Chambéry, Perrin, 1886. One volume in-8 paperback titled on front cover. XIX, 281 pp. Light stain on front cover. First edition dedicated to the Comte de Paris. Saffroy, 8696.

[Savoie] [RAT (Louys)]. Faithful account of the living tortoise, taken from the knee of a musician and burgher of Annessy in Savoy. Par les merveilleux secrets d'un Seigneur Sicilien nommé Dom Antonio Fardella de Calvello Gentil-homme de la ville de Trapano en Sicile, habitant aujourd'huy dans le même lieu. Paris, Adolphe Lainé, 1869. One volume in-8, half cloth, leather title-piece, (12) ff. 22 pp. Head joint damaged, corners slightly dulled. Small reprint on very thick laid paper of a story first published in Chambéry in 1686. A woodcut outside the text, the copy has large margins.

[Villefranche-sur-Saône] Collection of approx. 110 old postcards: market, station, busy streets, hotel, factories...

ALMANACH historique et politique de la ville de Lyon et du département du Rhône. Lyon, Ballanche, 1806 - 1810. 5 volumes in-8, full contemporary fawn basane, smooth spine decorated. Some rubbing and wear. Years 1806 - 1807 - 1808 - 1809 - 1810. Precious almanac listing numerous administrative and religious data concerning Lyon and the Rhône under the Empire.

ALMANACH historique et politique de la ville de Lyon et du département du Rhône. Lyon, Ballanche, 1802 - 1811. 3 volumes in-8, full contemporary fawn basane, smooth spine decorated. Some rubbing and wear, angular lack on the title page of the year 1811. Year XI (1802-1803) - Year XII (1803 - 1804) and year 1811.

[Auvergne] [Puy-de-Dôme]. TARDIEU (Ambroise). Histoire de la ville de Clermont-Ferrand depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. Moulins, C. Desrosiers, 1870-1871 & 1872. 2 volumes large in-4, full contemporary hardback. Binding worn with defects to headpieces and corners, some soiling inside, moisture rings at the corner of the second half of the second volume, a few tears without missing. A title-frontispiece and 46 lithographed plates (27 + 19). Limited edition of 300 copies, this one No. 56, signed by the Author.

AGUETANT (Pierre). Le poème du Rhône. Preface by Georges Nomandy. Watercolours and drawings by Johannès Son. Paris, Lemerre, 1918. One volume in-12, contemporary half-chagrin, ribbed spine, gilt head, covers preserved. LIX, 172 pp. First edition with numerous black and coloured hors-texte. Copy enriched with an autograph letter from the author. A fine copy.

LEVASSEUR (Victor). Atlas national illustré des 86 départements et des possessions de la France divisé par arrondissements, cantons et communes avec le tracé de toutes les routes, chemins de fer et canaux. Paris, A. Combette, Editor, 1848. One large volume in folio, contemporary green half-chagrin, spine decorated, gilt title to front cover. some rubbing, one spine split over 3 cm. Title-frontispiece, statistical table of France and its colonies, maps of departments (86) and colonies (6), map of Europe, map of Africa, map of South America, map of North America, map of Asia, map of Oceania, map of France, planisphere.

[Dombes] LENAIL (Pierre). The Parliament of Dombes. Lyon 1523 to 1696 - Trévoux 1697 to 1771. Lyon, Bernoux et Cumin, 1900. One large volume in-8, modern red half-basin, cover and spine preserved (binding signed Rochaix à Bourg). 218 pp. Good condition. First edition of 252 copies. This is one of 250 copies on vellum. 10 hors-texte plates. Together with : VALENTIN-SMITH. Considérations sur la Dombes, à propos du mémorial de Dombes par M. d'Assier de Valenches. Lyon, Aimé Vingtrinier, 1856. One large volume in-8 paperback. 60 pp. Autograph letter from the author (dedicatee's name erased).

Joanny DREVET (1889-1969). Rocher de Brison - Lac du Bourget. Etching and aquatint, signed and numbered 79/350, approx. 46 x 59 cm (sheet). Good condition.

[Switzerland] Picturesque album of a trip to Switzerland. Lake Geneva. Illustrated with 32 beautiful views taken around the lake. Paris, Librairie rue Visconti, s.d. (ca. 1870). One volume in-4 oblong, publisher's red hardback, soiled and worn. 32 steel-engraved hors-texte views.

Reunion of 3 volumes devoted to Villefranche-sur-Saône : 1/ LONGIN (Émile). Historical essay on Villefranche during the religious wars of the 16th century. Beaujeu, chez l'Auteur, 1899. One volume in-8, posterior green half-basane. VII, 236 pp, (2) pp. folding facsimile. Rare first edition "printed in a small number at the author's expense". 2/ BALLOFFET (Joseph). History of Villefranche, capital of Beaujolais. Villefranche, Jean Guillermet, 1932. One large volume in-8, contemporary half marbled basane, covers and spine preserved. (2) ff, 311 pp, folding plate. Illustrations in and out of text. One of 200 copies on white paper, with an autograph letter from the author. 3/ ROLLE (M.). Inventaire-sommaire des Archives Hospitalières antérieures à 1790: ville de Villefranche. Paris, Paul Dupont, 1865. One volume in-4, contemporary half-chagrin with corners, covers preserved (binding signed Blanchard in Lyon). Beginning of splits to the spines. (2) ff, 2 pp, 7 pp, (2) ff, 8 pp, 4 pp, 2 pp, (1) f, (2) ff, 2 pp, 4 pp, 3 pp, 2 pp, 3 pp, 5 pp, (1) f.

[Savoie] [Piémont] PINGON (Emmanuel-Philibert). Philiberti Pingonii sabaudi Augusta Taurinorum [followed by:] Inclytorum Saxoniae, Sabaudiaeque Principum arbor gentilitia. Turin, Honorat de Rubeis, 1777. Two parts in one volume in-4, full hardback. 136 pp, 13 pp, (1) f., 131 pp. Spine mostly missing, binding weak. One-volume reprint of two texts by Pingon originally published in the 16th century. Compared with the original editions, the "Augusta Taurinorum" does not include the large map of Turin, while in the "Arbor gentiletia" of the House of Savoy, the family tree is here replaced by a fold-out table listing the unbroken series of 29 princes of Savoy, from Siguardo King of Saxony (year 636) to Charles Emmanuel I (1580).

[Savoie][Piémont] PINGON (Emmanuel-Philibert). Philiberti Pingonii sabaudi cusiacen. Baronis Sindon Evangelica. Turin, Honorat de Rubeis, 1777. One volume in-4, full marbled basane, double gilt fillet framing the boards, arms in the centre of the first board, smooth spine decorated. XVI, 73 pp. Binding rubbed, spotting and leather gaps, paper slightly yellowed. Rare and elegant eighteenth-century printing of this work on the Sindon, the shroud in which the body of Christ was wrapped (to be distinguished from the shroud, which is merely the handkerchief that covered his face). The original appeared in 1581. Emmanuel-Philibert de Pingon, born in Chambéry in 1525 (died in Turin in 1582), studied in Paris and then in Padua, where he was awarded a doctorate in 1550. He was soon appointed State Councillor and won the favour of Duke Charles-Emmanuel, who sent him to Saxony to study the origins of his family. He left several books on the history of Savoy. This reprint is dedicated by the publisher H. de Rubeis to Gaspard de Pingon de Prangin (1718 - 1796), a descendant of the author. It is decorated with a representation of 6 medals, including one on the title, 5 in the text and one bearing the effigy of the author, struck in 1582, outside the text. Bound in the coat of arms of the author's descendant Gaspard de Pingon de Prangin, vicar-general in Vienne then first chaplain and adviser to the King of Sardinia in 1779. He fled to Savoy in 1790. Engraved armorial libris of the Marquis d'Aligre (1770-1847).

[Beaujolais]. LAPLATTE (Hippolyte). Histoire populaire de Villefranche, capitale du Beaujolais, depuis sa fondation en 1212, jusqu'à nos jours, 1863. Volume 1. Villefranche, Léon Pinet, 1863. One volume in-8, contemporary green half-chagrin, (4) ff. 465 pages. Slight rubbing to spine else a fine copy. First edition of the only volume published. Arms of Villefranche chromolithographed on the title. Together with : LONGIN (Emile). La prinse de Villefranche par les Protestants en 1562. Beaujeu, chez l'Auteur - Villefranche, Noël-Garnier - Lyon, Louis Brun, 1897. One volume in-8, posterior green half-basin, covers preserved. XXX, (1) f., 74 pp., (1) f.. A fine copy. First edition printed in a small number at the author's expense.

[Burgundy] [Côte d'Or]. CHABEUF (Henri). Dijon. Monuments et souvenirs. Dijon, L. Damidot, 1894. 2 volumes large in-4, brown half-chagrin with corners, spine decorated, gilt head. First edition illustrated with 140 photogravures by E. Chesnay, including 100 hors texte. Slight soiling else a fine copy of this essential work on the subject.

[Dauphiné] [Drôme] ROCHAS (Adolphe). Journal d'un bourgeois de Valence, du 1er janvier 1789 au 9 novembre 1799 (18 Brumaire an VIII) [...]. Posthumous work [...] arranged and published by an old bibliophile from the Dauphiné. Grenoble, Allier Père et Fils, 1891-1892. 2 volumes in-8, burgundy half-maroquin, spine with 5 ornate nerves, gilt head, covers preserved. IX-348 pp. and 432 pp. 250 copies printed. This one, one of the 50 first copies on Hollande (n° 6). Eighth volume of "Documents Dauphinois". Volume 1: 1 January 1789 to 18 October 1793. Volume II: from 19 October 1793 to 22 December 1799. A perfect copy in an elegant and decorative modern binding.

[Printed in Chambéry.] Hours containing prayers taken from the Holy Scriptures. Chambéry, Gorrin, 1760, in a full volume of 12 full contemporary red morocco, spine ribbed and decorated, all edges gilt. VIII, 261 pp. and (1) f. Small worm gallery in the lower margin of the first 6 pages.