Cesar de NOSTRADAMUS
L'histoire et chronique de Provence ou passent de temps en temps en bel ordre les anciens poètes, personnages et familles illustres qui ont fleuri depuis VC ans oultre plusieurs races de France, d'Italie, Hespagne, Languedoc, Dauphiné et Piémont
Simon Rigaud pour la soc. Caldorienne|Lyon 1614|22.50 x 36 cm|relié
First edition. Engraved frontispiece title-page by Dubrayet, out-of-text portrait of César de Nostradamus engraved in copperplate, 253 coats of arms, 2 medals and 1 vignette engraved on wood in the text, text surrounded by a black fillet. Beautiful engraved frontispiece title with allegories of Aix, Arles, Avignon and Marseille.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 small fleurons. Tawny sheep title label. Blind fillet frame on covers. Rubbing and surface wear. Paper uniformly yellowed. Faint dampstain in lower margin pp. 1 to 245. Lack to upper corner of frontispiece, in margin. Brown stains on leaf a in margin. Light scattered dampstains./
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 5 small fleurons. Tawny sheep title label. Blind fillet frame on covers. Rubbing and surface wear. Paper uniformly yellowed. Faint dampstain in lower margin pp. 1 to 245. Lack to upper corner of frontispiece, in margin. Brown stains on leaf a in margin. Light scattered dampstains./
€2,200