307 - CHIFFLET (Jean-Jacques). Vesontio, a free imperial city and capital of the Sequani, illustrated with numerous and extraordinary monuments of sacred and secular history, and divided into two parts. Lyon, Claude Cayne, 1618. 2 parts in one vol., in-4°, [30] pp. [including the title page], 264, [7] pp.; 328, [14] pp. Vignettes and large plates in the text, plus 2 fold-out plates and 1 fold-out map, mounted separately. Havana-colored sheepskin, smooth spine, title page in fawn morocco. (19th-century binding).

CHIFFLET (Jean-Jacques). Vesontio, a free imperial city and capital of the Sequani, illustrated with numerous and extraordinary monuments of sacred and secular history, and divided into two parts. Lyon, Claude Cayne, 1618. 2 parts in one vol., in-4°, [30] pp. [including the title page], 264, [7] pp.; 328, [14] pp. Vignettes and large plates in the text, plus 2 fold-out plates and 1 fold-out map, mounted separately. Havana-colored sheepskin, smooth spine, title page in fawn morocco. (19th-century binding). First edition. From the library of Frederick NORTH, 5th Earl of GUILFORD (1766–1827), with his ex-libris engraved in Greek from the Ionian Academy, which this philhellene had founded in 1824 and endowed with over 30,000 volumes. Located in Corfu, it was the very first university in modern Greece. Aligny, 235; Perrod, 442–3; Goldsmith, C-923. Frontispiece missing; minor tear at the attachment point of the fold-out plates; pages uniformly browned with reinforcement on the spine. Binding rubbed; minor wear to the corners. Appraiser: Mr. Pierre CALVET-HEYRIES