History Of Lyon By P. Clerion, In 6 Volumes With 54 Plates, Without Illustrations, Leather-bound, 1829 Edition

History of the City of Lyon from Its Founding, in 6 volumes with 54 engravings (not included in the text)
Written by P. Clérion, Doctor of Medicine and professor of anatomy and physiology at the Royal School of Fine Arts
Engravings based on drawings by F.F. Richard, painter to the King and Knight of Saint Michael and of the Legion of Honor
54 engravings, including: 6 frontispieces + 48 illustrations
Published by Théodore Laurent in Lyon in 1829
Number of pages per volume: 374 + 464 + 480 + 472 + 457 + 469
Table of Contents:
- Volume 1: Lyon in Ancient Times, or Gallic, Greek, and Roman Traditions Concerning Lugdunum
- Volume 2: Lyon During the Centuries of Barbarism
- Volume 3: The Wars of the Lyon Commune and Lyon Under the Kings of France
- Volume 4: Lyon Chronicles from the Time of the Reformation and the League
- Volume 5: Continuation of Volume 4
- Volume 6: Lyon Under the Absolute Monarchy.
Leather-bound with ribbed spine, signed by Bruyère, in havana brown
Top edge gilt
Leather corners with gilt fillets
Good overall condition
A few scattered foxing spots
Dimensions: 17.3 x 26 cm