BESSON (Joseph-Antoine)
Memoirs for the ecclesiastical history of the dioceses of Geneva, Tarantaise, Aosta, and Maurienne, and of the deanship of Savoye. Recruited and trained by Mr. Besson, parish priest of Chapeiry, diocese of Geneva. Moutiers, Marc Cane, 1871, in-4, VIII-498 pp., [3] ff. n. ch. (List of subscribers), rooted tawny basane, spine ribbed with gold fillets and fleurons, red title coin, red edges (contemporary binding). Good copy.
This second edition, printed on subscription and no doubt in small numbers, is curiously much less frequent than the original of 1759.
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BESSON (Joseph-Antoine)
Memoirs for the ecclesiastical history of the dioceses of Geneva, Tarantaise, Aosta, and Maurienne, and of the deanship of Savoye. Recruited and trained by Mr. Besson, parish priest of Chapeiry, diocese of Geneva. Moutiers, Marc Cane, 1871, in-4, VIII-498 pp., [3] ff. n. ch. (List of subscribers), rooted tawny basane, spine ribbed with gold fillets and fleurons, red title coin, red edges (contemporary binding). Good copy.
This second edition, printed on subscription and no doubt in small numbers, is curiously much less frequent than the original of 1759.