first edition
1928 · Lyon
by Varille, Mathieu
Lyon: Librairie de P. Masson, 1928. Large octavo (24 x 19 cm.) 136 pages. Illustrated. FIRST EDITION. n° 505 of 900 examples on vélin blanc, from a total edition of 1040. A year earlier, the author issued a twenty-three page booklet with the same title. "Treats of the old Lyonnaise innkeepers, cabarets, and famous restaurants; the Lyonnaise cookery, accompanying wines, and typical recipes..." (Bitting). Largely unopened, in original printed wrappers with glassine. Some wear to glassine at spine, otherwise near fine. [OCLC locates eleven copies; Bitting, page 475]. (Inventory #: 9262)