HEUDON (Jean).
Saint Clouaud tragedy. Rouen, De l'Imprimerie de Raphaël du Petit-Val, 1599. In-12, black morocco, gilt fillet, gilt numeral in center, smooth spine with full title, smooth edges (Honegger).
Extremely rare first edition.
Tragedy based on the life of the Merovingian prince Saint Cloud (Clodoald), grandson of Clovis, who renounced the throne of France after the death of his father Clodomir and the assassination of his brothers by his uncles Childebert and Clotaire.
Fine italic printing.
Bound in the collector's cipher.
Brunet, t. III, col. 147. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., no. 395.
