[MATTHIEU, Pierre]
The Guisiade. To Monseigneur Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Mayenne...
S.l. n. d., 1589
POLITICAL TRACT IN VERSE AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF HENRI DE GUISE
In-16 (138 x 78 mm). Woodcut initial and headband
COLLATION : A8 B4 or 32 pp. 13 bl. ff. to thicken. Collation according to USTC. 18th century BINDING. Lemon morocco, gilt decoration, triple framed with fillets, long spine decorated with floral motifs, vertical titling, gilt edges
PROVENANCE: Collegii Paris Soc. Jesu (handwritten note in brown ink on the first leaf)
RARITY: USTC lists only two copies (BnF Arsenal and Bibliothèque municipale de Dijon)
Small tear on one cover. Very light scattered foxing.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC no. 65407 -- Brunet III, col. 1529: which does not cite this edition
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