![BOUCHET (Jean).
Triumphs of the Most Christian, Most Powerful, and Most Invincible King of France, Francis I: Concerning the Distinction Among the Nobility. Sold in Poitiers at the Pelican Inn, M.D.L. [1550]. [At the end:] Printed in Poitiers by Jean & Enguilbert de Marnef, brothers, M.D. XLIX [1549]. In-4° (191 x 288 mm), red morocco leather, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, lilies at the corners, ribbed spine decorated with the same motif, gilt edges, red morocco lining adorned with a wide gilt lace (Chambolle-Duru / Marius Michel Doreur).
[VI] + 144 ff., signed: &6 + A–Z6 & Aa6. (ff. &3–5 missing).
FIRST EDITION of the last book by Jean Bouchet (1476–1557).
Three folios (&3 to 5), “Table[s] de ce present liure,” are missing; spine slightly faded; some very skillful restorations on a few folios.
From the library of the Baron de Lassus, in Valmirande, and of the Count de Bruce, in Harzillemont, with bookplates.
Brunet, I, 1164–1165; Index aureliensis, 122,911; Cioranescu, 16th century, 4479.](https://cdn.drouot.com/d/lot/fullHD/25/174085/5623630fa1b345c58f6abde94cf50c13)
BOUCHET (Jean). Triumphs of the Most Christian, Most Powerful, and Most Invincible King of France, Francis I: Concerning the Distinction Among the Nobility. Sold in Poitiers at the Pelican Inn, M.D.L. [1550]. [At the end:] Printed in Poitiers by Jean & Enguilbert de Marnef, brothers, M.D. XLIX [1549]. In-4° (191 x 288 mm), red morocco leather, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, lilies at the corners, ribbed spine decorated with the same motif, gilt edges, red morocco lining adorned with a wide gilt lace (Chambolle-Duru / Marius Michel Doreur). [VI] + 144 ff., signed: &6 + A–Z6 & Aa6. (ff. &3–5 missing). FIRST EDITION of the last book by Jean Bouchet (1476–1557). Three folios (&3 to 5), “Table[s] de ce present liure,” are missing; spine slightly faded; some very skillful restorations on a few folios. From the library of the Baron de Lassus, in Valmirande, and of the Count de Bruce, in Harzillemont, with bookplates. Brunet, I, 1164–1165; Index aureliensis, 122,911; Cioranescu, 16th century, 4479.
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BOUCHET (Jean).
Triumphs of the Most Christian, Most Powerful, and Most Invincible King of France, Francis I: Concerning the Distinction Among the Nobility. Sold in Poitiers at the Pelican Inn, M.D.L. [1550]. [At the end:] Printed in Poitiers by Jean & Enguilbert de Marnef, brothers, M.D. XLIX [1549]. In-4° (191 x 288 mm), red morocco leather, triple gilt fillet framing the covers, lilies at the corners, ribbed spine decorated with the same motif, gilt edges, red morocco lining adorned with a wide gilt lace (Chambolle-Duru / Marius Michel Doreur).
[VI] + 144 ff., signed: &6 + A–Z6 & Aa6. (ff. &3–5 missing).
FIRST EDITION of the last book by Jean Bouchet (1476–1557).
Three folios (&3 to 5), “Table[s] de ce present liure,” are missing; spine slightly faded; some very skillful restorations on a few folios.
From the library of the Baron de Lassus, in Valmirande, and of the Count de Bruce, in Harzillemont, with bookplates.
Brunet, I, 1164–1165; Index aureliensis, 122,911; Cioranescu, 16th century, 4479.
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