294
Extr. rare 2nd Du Pré ed. (1st 1533) of a survey of the official organisation of the late medieval
Church of Rome, as proposed by the Cancellaria Apostolica. With a survey of basic taxes applied in
France. Woodcut mark at the end.
Ref.
Pettegree FB 66999 (i.a. BnF). Not in Adams, STCFrench
(BL).
1164 [France - Jesuits]
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BOUCHER, Jean (pseud. François de Verone)
- Apologie pour Jehan Chastel
parisien, execute a mort, et pour les peres & escholliers, de la Sociéte de Iesus, bannis du Royaume
de France. Contre l’arrest de Parlement, donné contre eux à Paris le 29. Decembre 1594. [Low
Countries, s.n.], 1595, 8vo, cont. limp vellum, flat spine titled in ink, [12]-243 (= 253)-[3] pp. (blank
top margin of title cut out). Good copy.
€
200/300
A defence of J. Chastel’s failed attempt upon the life of Henri IV in 1594, and of the Jesuits who had
approved the attack and who were going to be banished from France. The French priest J. Boucher,
a leading member of the Ligue, urges for a more fortunate attempt (which eventually happened in
1610). This ed. was probably printed in the Catholic part of the Low Countries. Type ornament on
title.
Ref.
Pettegree FB 50702 = NB 5579. BT 377. Adams B-2569. Hauser 3122. Not in Knuttel.
1165 [France - Lorraine/Bar]
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ROSIERES, François de
- Stemmatum Lotharingiae ac Barri ducum
tomi septem (…) ad Caroli tertii Ducis Lotharingiae tempora. Paris, G. Chaudiere, 1580, folio, cont.
blindstamped calf over wood, edges bevelled inside, spine on 5 raised bands (spine dam., clasps
and catches gone, head and tail repaired), [8]-xxxii-461-[39] ff. (incl. orig. blanks; quire ô bound
between ê and î; clear dampstain in top inner margin). Very good copy.
€
150/250
Rare work on the genealogy and history of the Dukes of Lorraine and Bar. Large folding genealogical
tree between ff. 344-5. Woodcut genealogical trees in text. Large woodcut “Tempus” mark on title.
Printed within ruled border. Old ownership entry of Antwerp Jesuits on title.
Ref.
Pettegree FB
85103. Adams R-796. STC French (BL) 385.
1166 [France]
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[BANOS, Théophile]
- De postremis motibus Galliae varia utriusque partis scripta scitu
dignissima (…) [trsl. from the French]. Frankfurt (Main), J. Wechel, 1586, 8vo, old overl. vellum
(sl. soiled), [16]-387-[1] pp. (paper age-toned). Good copy.
€
200/300
Collection of 17 documents (listed on A2r-v) about the religious troubles in France. Th. Banos(ius)
was a French Calvinist preacher in Germany (fl. 1576-1594). Old armorial bookpl. Johann
Conrad Feuerlein’ (1725-1788), Nürnberg banker and ‘Ratsherr’, whose library was sold in
1768. Bookseller’s ticket C.J. Stewart, London.
Ref.
VD-16 P-4499. Adams F-852/853. Not in STC
German (BL).
1167 [France]
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BOUCHER, Jean
- De iusta Henrici tertii abdicatione e Francorum regno, libri
quatuor. Paris, N. Nivelle, 1589, 8vo, old polished calf (worn, spine dam., front cover loosening),
red edges, marbled endpapers, silk marker, [8]-288 (= 286)-[22] ff. (paper age-toned, some marg.
dampstaining). Good copy.
€
200/300
Appeal for the abdication of the French king Henry III (1551-1589), by the theologian J. Boucher
(1548-1644), a partisan of the Catholic Ligue. Woodcut mark on title. Old acquisition note on title.
A few old ms. notes. Old bibliographical data on flyleaf. Armorial bookpl. of Augustus Frederick
(1773-1843), Duke of Sussex, brother of George IV - his collection was auctioned in 1844.
Ref.
Pettegree FB 58818. Ind. Aur. 122.808. Pallier (Ligue) 547. Adams B-2570.
1168 [France]
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[BOYER, Philibert]
- Le purgatoire des prisonniers, envoyé auRoy [and: L’emprisonment
D.C.D. Presenté au Roy]. [Paris, s.n., c. 1590-1594], 8vo, mod. wr., 16 pp. (paper age-toned). Good
copy.
€
120/180
Extr. rare verses on the political situation in France, composed by Ph. Boyer (1551-1601).
Ref.
Pettegree FB 7291 (1: BnF). Ind. Aur. 123.262. Not in Adams, STC French (BL).
