Lot n° 1167

BOUCHER, Jean De iusta Henrici tertii abdicatione e Francorum regno, libri quatuor. 1589Paris,N. Nivelle,8vo, old polished calf (worn, spine dam., front cover loosening), red edges, marbled endpapers, silk marker, [8]-288 (= 286)-[22] ff. (paper...

Estimation : 200 / 300
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
age-toned, some marg. dampstaining). Good copy.
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.
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