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BOISSAT (Pierre de). Le Brillant de la royne, ou les vies des hommes illustres du nom de Médicis. Lyon, Pierre Bernard, 1613. In-12, (10) ff. including frontispiece, 384 pp. tan morocco, three gilt fillets, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges, gilt int. roulette (Rel. XIXe). First edition, published by André de Boissat, the author's son. It is adorned with an attractive engraved frontispiece, folded, with portraits on a jewelry pendant background, by Jacques Fornazeris. Dauphinois, academician, the author was "Seigneur de Licieu, conseiller du roi et Vibaillif de Vienne". Rubbing, jaws split. Expert : Ségolène Beauchamp
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BOISSAT (Pierre de). Le Brillant de la royne, ou les vies des hommes illustres du nom de Médicis. Lyon, Pierre Bernard, 1613. In-12, (10) ff. including frontispiece, 384 pp. tan morocco, three gilt fillets, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges, gilt int. roulette (Rel. XIXe). First edition, published by André de Boissat, the author's son. It is adorned with an attractive engraved frontispiece, folded, with portraits on a jewelry pendant background, by Jacques Fornazeris. Dauphinois, academician, the author was "Seigneur de Licieu, conseiller du roi et Vibaillif de Vienne". Rubbing, jaws split. Expert : Ségolène Beauchamp