SAINCT JULIEN (Pierre de). - Of the Origin of the Bourgongno - Lot 117

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SAINCT JULIEN (Pierre de). - Of the Origin of the Bourgongno - Lot 117
SAINCT JULIEN (Pierre de). - Of the Origin of the Bourgongnons, and antiquity of the states of Bourgongne [...]. Plus, des antiquitez d'Autun [...] de Chalon [...] de Mascon [...] de l'abbaye & ville de Tournus. -- Of the ancient history and true origin of the Bourgongnons. In Paris, At Nicolas Chesneau, 1581. 2 parts in one small volume in-folio, calfskin, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). Four relay titles (dated 1580 and 1581), two figures, one of which heraldic, and six large woodcut plans or views of the towns of Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Mâcon, Chalon and Tournus in the first part. The "Vray pourtraict de la ville de Diion" is engraved by Édouard Bredin in 1574, and the "Pourtraict de la ville de Mascon" by Raymond Rancurel. A few accidents and restorations to the binding; accidents (without missing) on the plan of Autun; very small restored marginal accidents on that of Dijon. A "beautiful and rather rare book" (Saffroy-19020).
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