Catalogue général de la librairie d'Yves Gravier, imprimeur à Gênes

First edition, no copy recorded in the CCF.

Modern bradel binding in full burgundy cloth, spine ruled in gilt.

First leaf restored to the right margin with an adhesive repair, some light foxing, dampstain to the upper margin of the opening leaves.

A native of the Briançonnais (Villeneuve-la-Salle), like many booksellers who settled beyond the Alps, Yves Gravier established himself in Genoa in the second half of the eighteenth century, first in partnership with Louis Fantin, and subsequently on his own.

His parents Jean, Thomas and Simon Gravier were likewise active in Italy (Thomas in Rome itself).

In 1839, the firm was placed into liquidation.

Bound in at the end are three further lists issued by the same bookseller:

I. Catalogue des livres de mathématique, marine, physique, minéralogie, et sciences, et arts qui en dépendent, etc., qui se trouvent chez Yves Gravier (..). S.l.n.d. [Genoa], 28 pp.

II. Catalogue des livres de jurisprudence, de droit public, et d'économie politique. S.l.n.d. [Genoa], 8 pp.

III. Médecine, chirurgie, botanique, physique et histoire naturelle. S.l.n.d. [Genoa], 8 pp.