DU CHESNE (André). Histoire des papes et souverains chefs de - Lot 53

DU CHESNE (André). Histoire des papes et souverains chefs de l'Église... depuis saint Pierre... jusquques à Innocent X... par feu M. Du Chesne, et depuis reveue, corrigée... par François Du Chesne, son fils... A Paris, chez N. & J. de La Coste, 1653. 2 volumes in-folio, 18th c. speckled fawn calf, spine with 5 nerves richly ornamented, fawn calf title-piece, stamped tomaison, gilt roulette at the edges, speckled edges (slight snags to 2 headpieces, russ. to the title of t.2 which is reassembled and doubled, elsewhere moderate bet, masked marks or stamps to titles, front. a little trimmed). Edition illustrated with an engraved title with architectural decoration and allegorical figures, a full-page portrait of the dedicatee J.-F.-P. de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, engraved by Robert Nanteuil, and numerous woodcut portraits of popes in the text.