NOTICE SUR L'ABBE BONNEVIE CHANOINE DE LA METROPOLE DE LYON
Lyon: Auguste Brun/Leon Boitel, 1850. First (presumed) edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good+ condition. Item #002806
31-page pamphlet bound together with and preceded by a 16-page pamphlet titled "DISCOURS POUR LA BENEDICTION DU GUIDON, DONNE PAR LE ROI, AU 13 REGIMENT DE DRAGONS, Prononce le 11 Decembre 1814, dans l'Eglise Primatiale de St Jean, par M. Bonnevie, Chanoine de la meme Eglise; Dedie Au 13e Regiment De Dragoons" printed by De Ballanche in Lyon in 1814. Bound in beautiful full red morocco by Closs. Raised bands, gilt lettering and decorations, all-edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Minor wear to corners and spine extremities. First page of text is illustrated with a woodcut. Sporadic light foxing. Bonnevie lived 1761-1849. An attractive though slim volume.
Price: $350.00