Jean de BOURDIGNÉ
Hystoire agregative des annalles et cronicques danjou
Chez Galliot du Pré|à Paris 1529|21 x 31.50 cm|relié
Extremely rare first edition featuring a full-page engraving on the verso of leaf aiiii showing a scene where the author, kneeling, offers his work to Louise de Savoie, mother of François Ier, in the presence of an important assembly. Title page in red and black, text entirely ruled and set in 49 lines.
Half brown sheep binding, spine with six raised bands set with gilt fillets, compartments underlined with cold-stamped fillets, gilt roulette and double gilt fillet at foot, brown paste-paper boards, all edges speckled red. Very small wormhole on the final gatherings affecting the text in places without concern, dampstain in the upper right corner throughout the wor
Half brown sheep binding, spine with six raised bands set with gilt fillets, compartments underlined with cold-stamped fillets, gilt roulette and double gilt fillet at foot, brown paste-paper boards, all edges speckled red. Very small wormhole on the final gatherings affecting the text in places without concern, dampstain in the upper right corner throughout the wor
€4,500