250 - ROSSET, François de. *Le Romant des chevaliers de la gloire*, containing several noble and famous adventures of the princes and knights who appeared in the tournaments held at the Place Royale for the festival celebrating the alliance between France and Spain. Including descriptions of their entrances, carriages, attire, contraptions, mottos, weapons, and the coats of arms of their houses.

ROSSET, François de. *Le Romant des chevaliers de la gloire*, containing several noble and famous adventures of the princes and knights who appeared in the tournaments held at the Place Royale for the festival celebrating the alliance between France and Spain. Including descriptions of their entrances, carriages, attire, contraptions, mottos, weapons, and the coats of arms of their houses. A rare first edition of this chivalric novel in a contemporary binding, reflecting the splendor of the French court in the first half of the 17th century Paris, Veuve Pierre Bertaud, 1612. In-4 (218 x 150 mm), full period vellum, smooth spine with title at the top and library label at the bottom. 4 unnumbered folios, 120 pages, folios 61–94, 1–76, and 1–12 (continuous quires). Crumpled vellum, spine rubbed and slightly discolored, top cap trimmed, water stain on the first 50 leaves, foxing, some pages have browned, paper loss filled in on the title page. First edition of this work, the rarest by François de Rosset (1571–1619). Part historical account, part novel, the *Romant des chevaliers de la gloire* recounts the adventures of those who participated in the grand carousel hosted by Marie de’ Medici from April 5 to 7, 1612, in honor of the betrothal of the young Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. [Brunet, IV, 1402; Arbour, Chronological Directory of Literary Editions: The Baroque Era in France, 1585–1643, no. 6663; Lachèvre, Poésies libres, 339]. A beautiful and particularly rare copy.