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Lyon during the Revolution
Gonan, P.-M. LYON EN 1793: PROCÈS-VERBAUX AUTHENTIQUES ET INÉDITS DU COMITÉ DE SURVEILLANCE DE LA SECTION DES DROITS-DE-L'HOMME, L'UNE DES 32 SECTIONS DE CETTE COMMUNE PENDANT LE SIÈGE. Lyon: A. Mothon, 1847. 8vo, later gray cloth-backed marbled boards; spine lettered in gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. Title printed in red and black; 199, (1) pages [pages 137–163 are erroneously skipped in the pagination; title is complete]; 10 lithographic plates, one in color, including three depicting medals and others depicting paper money. Paper covers discolored; occasional minor faults. Very good or better. A rare work focusing on Lyon during this pivotal year of the Revolutionary era. Pays considerable attention to the paper money issues of the period and various medals. Barbier, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, II.1357. Ex Richard E. Margolis Library.
Gonan, P.-M. LYON EN 1793: PROCÈS-VERBAUX AUTHENTIQUES ET INÉDITS DU COMITÉ DE SURVEILLANCE DE LA SECTION DES DROITS-DE-L'HOMME, L'UNE DES 32 SECTIONS DE CETTE COMMUNE PENDANT LE SIÈGE. Lyon: A. Mothon, 1847. 8vo, later gray cloth-backed marbled boards; spine lettered in gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. Title printed in red and black; 199, (1) pages [pages 137–163 are erroneously skipped in the pagination; title is complete]; 10 lithographic plates, one in color, including three depicting medals and others depicting paper money. Paper covers discolored; occasional minor faults. Very good or better. A rare work focusing on Lyon during this pivotal year of the Revolutionary era. Pays considerable attention to the paper money issues of the period and various medals. Barbier, Bibliographie de l'histoire de France, II.1357. Ex Richard E. Margolis Library.