Lot no. 50
SEYSSEL (Claude de). La Grand' Monarchie de France... Avec la loy Salicque, qui est la premiere & principale loy des François. Paris, Galiot du Pré, 1558. Small in-8, green morocco, small gilt lace, smooth spine decorated, interior Greek, gilt edges (Binding of the late eighteenth century). An excellent edition of this work written for François I. A woodcut showing the king on his throne opens the text. The mark of Galiot du Pré is printed on the verso of the last leaf. A pleasant copy. A few cuffs damaged by the bookbinder's knife. Repaired with a few letters redone at the bottom of ff. a2 and a7.
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