LESDIGUIERES - VIDEL (Louis). HISTOIRE DE LA VIE DU CONNESTABLE DE LESDIGUIERES, contenant toutes ses actions, depuis sa naissance, jusques sa mort. Paris, P. Rocolet, 1638. In folio of [40]-478-[54] pages, half tan basane, smooth spine decorated (later binding). Beautiful frontispiece by Dumoustier engraved by Huret. First biography of the Dauphinois François de Bonne, Duc de Lesdiguières, Marshal of France under Henry IV, richly illustrated with historical and military facts and written by Louis Videl, his secretary. Traces of wear on the spine, one spine split over several centimetres.