[HENRIOT (Emile, Texts compiled by) [FALKE (Pierre)]. Written in Lyon....

[HENRIOT (Emile, Texts compiled by) [FALKE (Pierre)]. Written in Lyon. By Charles Maurras, Emile Henriot, Léon Daudet, Guy Mazeline, Alexandre Arnous, André Billy, with original lithographs by Pierre Falké.
Lyon, Lardanchet, 1943; large quarto. XXII-179 pp.-(1)-2 ff. Full black morocco, spine and covers decorated with a flight of gilded doves, title in gold on the upper cover, gold fillet on the edges, endpapers in gray moiré silk, framed by black morocco and a burgundy morocco fillet, accented by two sets of 5 and 2 gold fillets. Front endpapers lined with gray moiré silk, back endpapers of marbled paper. Edges gilt on endpapers. Covers and spine preserved. Half-black morocco slipcase with a band bearing a gilt title. Edged slipcase. Binding by Louis Lévêque, who was active in Paris from 1930 to 1960. All leaves mounted on tabs.
A very fine copy in a meticulously crafted and decorative binding.
Edition printed in a run of 182 copies, one of 160 numbered copies on Rives vellum, illustrated on nearly every page with color lithographs, some of which are full-page.
The preface is signed by Charles Maurras, “Between Two Rivers” by Émile Henriot, “Lyon, City of Mystery” by Léon Daudet, “The Heart of Lyon” by Alexandre Arnoux, “Marine Freshness” by Guy Mazeline, and “Lyon Rhapsody” by André Billy.