[IMPRIMERIE]. Deuxième congrès des Maîtres-Imprimeurs de France. Held at the Marseilles City Hall. From September 12 to 14, 1895. Marseille: Barthelet & Cie, 1895. - Troisième congrès des Maîtres-Imprimeurs de France tenu salle de la Société industrielle à Lille Du 3 au 5 Août 1896. Lille: imprimerie L. Danel, 1896. - 2 works in 2 in-8 volumes, Bradel-style red half-maroquin, gilded monogram on front cover, smooth spine, gilded head, untrimmed, cover preserved (L. Guétant). Set of volumes containing the proceedings of the second and third congresses of master printers, held respectively in Marseille and Lille in 1895 and 1896 under the chairmanship of Lyon printer Adrien Storck (1851-1908) and Lille printer Léonard Danel (1818-1905). In addition to the minutes, there are interesting tables showing "the names of printers after implementation of the 1810 decree limiting their number", "the number of letterpress printers in France on January 1, 1867", etc. Personal copies of Adrien Storck, with his gilded monogram on the first boards, enriched with some twenty letters and documents, including 2 L.A.S. from Boullay, general secretary of the Union des Maîtres-Imprimeurs de France (5 pp. in-8 and 2 pp. in-4), 4 autograph cards signed and 2 L.A.S. from Barthelet, president of the organizing committee of the Congrès des Maîtres-Imprimeurs de France, a L.A.S. from Antomarchi, from the Marseilles humoristic newspaper "La Sorte", one from Léonard Danel, various printed brochures on the congresses, including a map of the city of Lille made for the occasion, two menus for the meals given on August 3 and 4, 1896 in Lille, the program for the show given on August 3 at the Palais Rameau in Lille, etc. Some rubbing and wear to bindings.