"Pt In 12. From The Library Of Baron Chapelain "the Universal History Of Trogue Pompey" 1661."
Beautiful little In 12 in glazed tinted calf, ribbed spine decorated with baroque gilt irons in the boxes, marbled guards, pinked edges, stamp "Ex-Libris du Baron de Chapelain", gilt title; beautiful copy in a superb contemporary binding... Work dedicated to Louis XIV: "The Universal History of Trogue Pompée, reduced to an abridged form, by Iustin. Translated into French by Sieur de Collomby Cannigny, by the King's command. Beautiful and rare Provincial printing: In Rouen, at Jean & David Berthelin, rue aux Juifs, & in the Courtyard of the Palace. M. DC. LXI. (1661). Very complete for this pretty book from the youth of Louis XIV, well preserved