[Nobility]. TIRAQUEAU (André). Commentarii de nobilitate et - Lot 90

[Nobility]. TIRAQUEAU (André). Commentarii de nobilitate et jure primigeniorum... Lugduni, apud haer. G. Roujillii, 1602. In-folio, [8] f., 690 p., [26] f., midnight-blue half-basin with corners circa 1900, author, title and crowned monogram gilt on spine, red edges (rubbing to the jaws, corners and headbands, inner hinge cracked, brown spots). New edition of one of the most important treatises by humanist jurist André Tiraqueau (1488-1558), a close friend of Guillaume Budé and François Rabelais. The work concerns nobility and birthright, and was a long-standing authority. The first edition was published by Kerver in Paris in 1549. Woodcut portrait of the author on verso of title. Provenance: De Morant (old handwritten motto on title "a candore decus"); Count Chappaz de La Prat (armorial seal); Count Godefroy de Montgrand (monogram on spine and engraved bookplate); Ch. Chaft (?; modern signature on title) (USTC 6900249; Baudrier IX, 379).