Folio Volume From 1648, Orléans: "history & Antiquities Of The City And Duchy Of Orléans". F. Le Maire

Rare and beautiful folio in a preserved period binding of the History of Orléans in a large folio volume, printed in Orléans, by Maria Paris, Printer to the King, and to the German Nation, residing in the main street, Porte de Bourgogne, near the Church of Saint Liphard. 1648. A copy bound in full tinted calfskin, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt tooling, tan morocco title with double fillets on the covers, library label on the spine, two-tone title, pinked edges: this work by Master François Le Maire, important for the city which also printed it: "History and Antiquities of the City and Duchy of Orléans", with the lives of the Kings, Dukes, Counts and Viscounts, Governments, Bailiffs, Lieutenants General, Provost, Mayors, Aldermen, and other Officers, Establishment of the University. Augmented with the Antiquities of the Towns dependent on the Châtelet and Bailiwick of Orléans. Plus the Genealogies of the Illustrious Nobles and Dowries of Orléans, who have written in all sorts of Sciences and on many memorable things. The volume, Ecclesiastic, containing the foundation and number of Churches and Monasteries, History & Lives of the Bishops of Orléans, dedicated to His Royal Highness by Master François Le Maire, Councillor & Judge Magistrate at the Presidial Court of Orléans. Second Edition. Un livre merveilleux , une belle publication régionale, pour qui Aime la Ville et la souche Historique d'Orléans...