45 - Toulouse - RAYNAL (Jean).

Toulouse - RAYNAL (Jean). History of the City of Toulouse, with a biographical sketch of notable figures, a chronological and historical account of the bishops and archbishops of that city, and a general list of the Capitouls, from the incorporation of the County of Toulouse into the Crown to the present. Toulouse, Jean-François Forest, 1759. In-4, (5) ff., 539-[3]-34 pp., with a frontispiece title page engraved by Baour, a plate depicting a medal struck in honor of Ferréol de Lafage, and a fold-out genealogical chart of the House of Toulouse. Havana-colored sheepskin, ribbed spine decorated with the city’s coat of arms (contemporary binding). Endpapers torn with missing sections, significant leather wear. Scattered small pinholes. First edition of this important history of Toulouse, written by Jean Raynal (1723–1788), a lawyer at the Parliament of Toulouse and local historian. The work, which draws primarily on municipal records and builds upon the research of Germain de Lafaille, concludes its historical account with the death of Henry IV in 1610."