[Livre du XVIe siècle]. CHAUMEAU (Jean). Histoire de Berry, contenant l'origine, antiquité, gestes, prouësses, privilèges & libertés des Berruyers

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[Livre du XVIe siècle]. CHAUMEAU (Jean). Histoire de Berry, contenant l'origine, antiquité, gestes, prouësses, privilèges & libertés des Berruyers
[Book of the XVIth century]. CHAUMEAU (Jean). History of Berry, containing the origin, antiquity, gestures, prowess, privileges & liberties of the Berruyers. With particular description of the said country. In Lyon, by Antoine Gryphius, 1566. In-folio, [4] f. (including the illustrated title), 365 p., [12] f., pl., figs. in modern half vellum, smooth spine, red basane title-piece (2 corners crushed; engraved title a little trimmed on the right side, same slightly for the h.-t. view at the foot; foxing on the pl., light wetness on qq. ff. at the beginning of the volume, small angular worm work in the margins p.273-297). First edition of this work distinguished by its entirely woodcut illustration, including a typographed title decorated with an architectural frame adorned with allegories, a remarkable map of Berry, a folding panorama of the city of Bourges, figures of more than 70 coats of arms of mayors and municipal officers, a page of local coins, the arms of the city in an ornate full-page frame; initials and bands. Signatures *4, a-y6, z8, A-F6, G7 (without blank f. G8), *6, **6. (Brun, Illustrated Book of the Renaissance, 153; USTC 7242).
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