Traicté de la chancellerie. [Ensemble] Recueil des chancelliers et gardes des sceaux de France

First edition, rare. A specific title page for Recueil des chancelliers, dated 1609, without place or publisher. The whole with continuous pagination.
Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth unlettered spine. Soiling and stains. Paper yellowed. Good copy.
History of the chancellery in France, keeper of the seals, where the author shows that the ancient chancellors were the secretaries and counselors of the king. "The chancellery is properly the place where letters are sealed in France".