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1521. PAMPHLETS. (ROYAL EDICT). IMPERIAL EDICT AGAINST THE KING OF FRANCE. [Augsburg: Sigmund Grimm?], June 12, 1521 (in colophon). Large 8vo. 2 folios. Two woodcut coats of arms on the title page, one of Pope Leo X and the other of the emperor. Bound in half-leather, with corner pieces and endpapers of watermarked cardboard. Label ex-libris. This printed document highlights the hostility between France and Spain; it is the declaration of war—which would last several years—following the invasion of Navarre by Francis I, the French monarch. Only three copies exist worldwide.