VARAX (Paul de). Genealogie de la Maison de Sainte Colombe, - Lot 246

VARAX (Paul de). Genealogie de la Maison de Sainte Colombe, ses alliances et ses Seigneurs. Lyon, Imprimerie Générale de Lyon, 1881. One volume in-8, half-maroquin with corners, spine ribbed and decorated with a triple gilt fillet, gilt head (binding signed Magnin). XV, 340 pp, (2) ff. Slight rubbing to spine, otherwise a fine copy. First edition of this "Genealogy of the House of Sainte-Colombe, its alliances and seigneuries"; with "numerous documents of interest to Beaujolais, Forez, Lyonnais, Dauphiné, Poitou, Charollais and other provinces (Bresse, Velay, Brionnais, etc.). " A frontispiece plate depicting the entrance to Château de l'Aubépin (Loire). Paul de Varax (1840 - 1912) produced a large number of genealogical and historical works on all the regions surrounding the Lyonnais.