Claude VANEL

Histoire et description ancienne et moderne du Royaume de Hongrie, et des autres États qui ont été, ou qui sont encore ses Tributaires, Où aprés une connoissance exacte de tout ce qui regarde la Geographie, l'on voit les Revolutions de ces divers Païs : les Siéges & les Combats les plus Memorables : & les derniéres Conquêtes des Chrêtiens, jusques à present

Brand: Charles de Sercy
SKU: 90901
Price: 1250 EUR
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Author: Claude VANEL

[History and Ancient and Modern Description of the Kingdom of Hungary, and of the Other States Which Have Been, or Are Still, Its Tributaries; Wherein, after an Exact Account of All That Relates to Geography, Are Seen the Revolutions of These Various Countries, the Most Memorable Sieges and Battles, and the Latest Conquests of the Christians, to the Present Time]

Charles de Sercy|Paris 1688|9.7 x 16.8 cm|Relié

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⬨ 90901

Rare first edition, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece (cf. Barbier II 802; Cioranescu 65461).

Contemporary full mottled brown calf, spine with five raised bands tooled with gilt fillets and decorated in gilt compartments with floral tools, gilt roll-tooling to the head- and tailcaps, rubbing to the joints, mottled edges; period binding.

The work is attributed to Claude Vanel, who served as counsellor at the Cour des Comptes in Montpellier.

Provenance: from the library of Jacques Charreton, a Lyon jurist contemporary with the publication, with his armorial bookplate (Meyer-Noirel C 0949) to the pastedown.

Manuscript shelf-mark in ink to a flyleaf.