(Lyon) - The Golden Age of Printing in Lyon. Paris, 1972. La - Lot 153

(Lyon) - The Golden Age of Printing in Lyon. Paris, 1972. Large 4to, 162 pp., loose errata sheet, the publisher’s cream-colored cloth binding illustrated with the printer Claude Servan’s mark embossed on the upper cover, gilt head. A beautiful volume. Black-and-white and color illustrations, 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 series “History and Civilization of the Book.” New Studies on Lyon. By R. Chartier, L. Desgraves, H.-J. Martin, M. Remillieux, and 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 as told through the books that have celebrated it. Nearly 2,000 books described and often annotated. Index of names. - Books and Readers in Lyon. Six psycho-sociological studies from 1965–1967. Lyon, 1968. Large in-8, 124 pp., paperback. Maps and photographs included 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, flap cover. 113 pp., [2 ff.]. Limited edition of 395 numbered copies, 1/380 on ivory laid paper. - Catalog of a Major Book Collection. Featuring numerous curious and rare works on all subjects, particularly on the history of the city of Lyon and the surrounding provinces… Lyon, Louis Brun, 1905. In-8, paperback. 227 pp., 1,602 items described.