Lot no. 71
GILLES (Nicole). Les Chroniques et Annales de France, dès l'origine des François et leur venuë ès Gaules. Paris, Claude Rigaud, 1617. 2 parts in one volume in-folio, granite-coloured basane, spine decorated, mottled edges (17th century binding). New edition of Nicole Gilles' Chroniques de France, continued by Denis Sauvage and François de Belleforest until the reign of Charles IX, then by Gabriel Chappuys until 1617. Text on two columns decorated with some sixty woodcut portraits in medallions. Minor worm damage on covers and spine, some old repairs, hole with missing text on last leaf, scattered foxing and spotting.
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