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NOSTREDAME (César de): L'histoire et chronique de Provence de Caesar de Nostradamus, gentilhomme provençal où passent de temps en temps et en bel ordre les anciens poetes, personnages et familles illustres qui ont fleuri despuis VC ans oultre plusieurs races de France, d'Italie, Hespagne, Languedoc, Daufhiné et Piémont y rencontrées avec celles qui despuis se sont diversement annoblies, comme aussi les plus signallés combats et remarquables faicts d'armes qui s'y sont passées de temps jusqu'à la paix de Vervins. Lyon, Simon Rigaud for the Société Caldoriene, 1614. One volume. 22 by 35.5 cm. 1 frontispiece-20-1 portrait-1092-63 pages. Contemporary full basane, spine 5-ribbed, decorated with fleurons, red title page, boards framed with gilt fillet. Tired binding: superficial cracks, upper headband and lower spine restored, one corner split. Verso of frontispiece and upper margin of page 1 restored without missing; small light marginal wetnesses on about forty leaves, scattered foxing, paper sometimes slightly foxed. Numerous coats of arms engraved in the text. First edition. Manteyer, La Marche de Provence p. 70; Brunet IV-109; Saffroy 32723. "This history deserves to be preserved, especially because of the account the author gives of the troubles he had witnessed." (Brunet). "From a historical point of view, this work makes particular use of documents consulted at the Archives de Provence by the procureur au Parlement Jean de Nostredame, the author's uncle, and dated from 1080 to 1494." (Manteyer). An unusual book.
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NOSTREDAME (César de): L'histoire et chronique de Provence de Caesar de Nostradamus, gentilhomme provençal où passent de temps en temps et en bel ordre les anciens poetes, personnages et familles illustres qui ont fleuri despuis VC ans oultre plusieurs races de France, d'Italie, Hespagne, Languedoc, Daufhiné et Piémont y rencontrées avec celles qui despuis se sont diversement annoblies, comme aussi les plus signallés combats et remarquables faicts d'armes qui s'y sont passées de temps jusqu'à la paix de Vervins. Lyon, Simon Rigaud for the Société Caldoriene, 1614. One volume. 22 by 35.5 cm. 1 frontispiece-20-1 portrait-1092-63 pages. Contemporary full basane, spine 5-ribbed, decorated with fleurons, red title page, boards framed with gilt fillet. Tired binding: superficial cracks, upper headband and lower spine restored, one corner split. Verso of frontispiece and upper margin of page 1 restored without missing; small light marginal wetnesses on about forty leaves, scattered foxing, paper sometimes slightly foxed. Numerous coats of arms engraved in the text. First edition. Manteyer, La Marche de Provence p. 70; Brunet IV-109; Saffroy 32723. "This history deserves to be preserved, especially because of the account the author gives of the troubles he had witnessed." (Brunet). "From a historical point of view, this work makes particular use of documents consulted at the Archives de Provence by the procureur au Parlement Jean de Nostredame, the author's uncle, and dated from 1080 to 1494." (Manteyer). An unusual book.
