WINGFIELD, Robert

Nobilissima disceptatio super dignitate et magnitudine Regnorum Britannici et Gallici Louvain, Thierry Martens, 1517 BY THE BELGIAN PRINTER OF THE UTOPIA OF THOMAS MORE. PRESTIGIOUS PROVENANCE: COLBERT AND DEVONSHIRE In-8 (197 x 140 mm) Large woodcut title page frame and initials, large typographical mark at the end of the volume. 35 lines per page COLLATION : A-E4 F2 17th century binding. Red morocco, gilt decoration, triple framing of fillets with arms, long spine, vertical titling, gilt head, speckled edges PROVENANCE: handwritten mention on the title page Bibliothecae Colbertinae (Paris, 1728, vol 2., no. 5498; arms of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 1619-1683) -- Dukes of Devonshire, bookplate of Chatsworth, Catalogue of the library at Chatsworth, 1879, vol II, p. 45 RARE: according to viaLibri, the British Library has this work, but no copies are known to exist in France or the United States Stains on the last leaf BIBLIOGRAPHY : Adams, W-209 WEBOGRAPHY: https://wingfieldfamilysociety.org