Lot n° 1180

Les preuost, doyen, chantre, chanoine& chapitre de l'Eglise & Diocese de Rheims; representans l'Archeuesque, le siege vacant par la mort de feu Monseigneur le Reuerandissime Cardinal de Guyse, A tous Doyens, Chapitres, Communautez, Curés & Vicaires...

Estimation : 150 / 250
Adjudication : 220 €
Description
dudit Diocese de Rheims.  1589 broadsheet, text 44 lines, woodcut arms at top, woodcut histor. initial (some staining, right margin cut short, not shaving the text). Good copy. 
Very rare ed. (only copy known) of pastoral instructions published by the Cathedral Chapter of Reims after the murder of Cardinal de Guise at Blois.  It contains a heavy attack on Henry III and the protestants.  The text is signed "Gueriot". 
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