MENESTRIER (Claude-François). HISTOIRE CIVILE ET CONSULAIRE - Lot 186

MENESTRIER (Claude-François). HISTOIRE CIVILE ET CONSULAIRE DE LA VILLE DE LYON... avec la carte de la ville il y a environ 2 siècles. Lyon, J.B. et Nicolas de Ville, 1696. In folio of [26]-42-548-64-136-[8] pages, blond calf, boards decorated in the Du Seuil style, highly ornate ribbed spine, gilt lace, gilt edges (L. Magnin). Histoire civile ou consulaire de la ville de Lyon presents the first critical history of Lyon, in which everything is reconsidered on the basis of material remains: ruins, inscriptions and coins, whose images are integrated into the text, as well as handwritten documents (registers, contracts, memoirs, privileges) transcribed in an appendix called Preuves de l'histoire. (Expo. BM de Lyon, un jésuite lyonnais, Ménestrier. 2005) The illustrations include a very large folded map of Lyon, 6 plates (4 folded) including the famous clock plate, which is often missing, and numerous engravings and woodcuts in the text. Restorations to the plan without missing, light foxing and spotting on the boards. Beautiful binding by Lucien Magnin, bookbinder from Lyon (1849-1903).