FLACIUS, Matthias
Refutatio invectivae Bruni contra centuris Historiae Ecclesiasticae
Basel, Johann Oporinus, 1566
COPY OF THE DUKE DE LA VALLIÈRE, QUOTED BY BRUNET.
LARGE MARGINS
In-4 (220 x 150 mm). Initials engraved on wood
COLLATION : a-z4 A-N4 O6
Eighteenth century binding. Red morocco, gilt decoration, triple fillet in frame, long spine decorated, vertical titratison, gilt edges
PROVENANCE: Louis-César de La Baume Le Blanc, duc de La Vallière (1708-1780; Paris, his sale, 1783, vol. 1 part 1, p. 279, no. 865) -- Richard Hatchwell (1927- 2009; London, his sale, October 6, 2009, no. 44, £1,920)
Slight abrasion on the first cover, corner of the first endpaper cut
BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 690202 -- Brunet II, col. 1276 -- Adams F573
