Item #11142 Les Recherches…Svr…La Ville De Vienne. Premiere Partie [all published]. Nicolas Chorier.
Les Recherches…Svr…La Ville De Vienne. Premiere Partie [all published].
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Les Recherches…Svr…La Ville De Vienne. Premiere Partie [all published].

Lyon, for C. Baudrand in Vienne 1659.

12mo (143 x 81 mm.). [iv], 71, [1] 504 [r. 514], [3]p.

Gilt-ruled polished tan calf (Simier), gilt spine and labels, all edges gilt, purple silk marker.

First Edition, second issue. This examines the history of Vienne, just south of Lyon on the Rhône, from the 1st century BCE to the mid-17th century. Chorier describes its Roman amphitheater, statuary, aqueducts, leper colony, prison, churches, monasteries, fortifications, fountains, cemeteries, gardens, hospitals, palaces, libraries, festivals, games…. In good condition (title repair affects the imprint), some uncut edges, Yemeniz copy (Catalogue (1867) 3498).
Universal Catalogue of Books on Art I: 287; Répertoire…des livres imprimés en France au XVIIe siècle VIII: 162,77; Cioranescu 19462.

Item #11142

Price: $2,200.00