63 - BRY de LA CLERGERIE

BRY de LA CLERGERIE History of the Regions and County of Perche and the Duchy of Alençon, or a Treatise on the Ancient Lords of Bellesme, Count of Perche, Alençon, Domfront, Sonnois, Sées, and Ponthieu; and of the Rotrous, Viscounts of Châteaudun and Counts of Mortagne and of the said Perche. Paris, Pierre le Mur, 1620, 1 vol. in-4 (8 unnumbered leaves—382 pp.—7 ff. with numbers—2 ff. with numbers—78 pp.). First edition with its 1621 supplement. Period full calf binding, with a double gilt fillet framing the covers, decorated ribbed spine. Copy stamped on the covers and spine with the coat of arms of Cardinal Richelieu accompanied by his motto “his pulta manebunt*” (Olivier-Roton-Hermal die no. 406). Numerous old, small water stains (paper sound and crisp); binding skillfully restored (endpapers preserved); copy in good condition. Bears an old stamp (Sorbonne Library) that has been declassified. *“All that I have built will endure.”