[Sixteenth-century book]. SAINT-JULIEN (Pierre de). De l'ori - Lot 269

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[Sixteenth-century book]. SAINT-JULIEN (Pierre de). De l'ori - Lot 269
[Sixteenth-century book]. SAINT-JULIEN (Pierre de). De l'origine des Bourgongnons, et antiquité des estats de Bourgongne [Printed text], two books, plus : des antiquitez d'Autun, livre 1 ; de Chalon, 2 ; de Mascon, 3 ; de l'abbaye et ville de Tournus, 1. A Paris, chez N. Chesneau, 1581. In-folio, [20] f. (including one double pl.), 674 p., [17] f. (tables), figs, pl., 17th c. brown calf, 6-nerved spine, gilt title, small-ink ornamented caissons, speckled edges, old restorations to headpieces, spines and corners, corners dulled (some rubbing and tears not serious, lower flyleaf missing, int. flaws including worm spots affecting some letters and figs not serious from beginning to p.250, sporadic light spotting on pp. 40 and 75-130, and in margin of very beginning, title a little faded, tear without damage with stain in margin p.501). First edition of this two-book history of Burgundy, the first divided into 5 parts, each preceded by a separate title page, all in continuous pagination. It is illustrated with 6 double-page or off-text woodcut views of Dijon, Beaune, Autun, Mâcon, Chalon-sur-Saône and Tournus, and two full-page woodcut figures, including one of a colored coat of arms (with modern etiquette below). Wood-engraved headbands, initials and endpapers. Printer's mark on title in what appears to be modern coloring, like that on figure p.80. The Tournus and Autun plates bound in at the beginning of the volume; most plates trimmed short with small tears. Provenance: Modern "Benoit" label on title.
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