BALLOFFET, Joseph. Silhouettes caladoises. - Lot 8

BALLOFFET, Joseph. Silhouettes caladoises. Published in Villefranche-en-Beaujolais by Jean Guillermet and Editions du Cuvier in 1931. In octavo / In-8 format. Midnight blue half leatherette. Spine ribbed with gilt fillets and floral decoration. 158 pages, covers preserved, 10 plates of reproductions on glossy paper. Spine slightly oiled, minor rubbing to nerves. First edition of this portrait gallery of the Beaujolais province (political, religious and military figures, etc.). Personal copy of the author, a historian considered to be a specialist in Beaujolais. With his handwritten bookplate dated 1931 and a handsome family bookplate engraved by Jean-Baptiste Drevet, known as Joannès Drevet, from a famous family of Lyon engravers. Enclosed are various documents: a handwritten copy, probably in Balloffet's hand, of a letter from Brigadier General Salpetre Chabert, portrayed on p. 65 of the present work (3 p. in-8); an amusing note from lyricist Jean Nohain (1 p. in-16); an autograph letter signed by a reader of Réveil du Beaujolais addressed to Jean Balloffet (3 p. and a half in-12, January 25, 1931); press clipping of an article on Claude Bernard (Action française, May 4, 1936). Fine author's copy.