Histoire de l'Estat de France, tant de la république que de la religion: sous le règne de François II.

8vo: 765-[1 bl.]-[34] pp. (occ. foxing, old mss annot. on the title).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine, ms. title (light soiling). Very good copy.

First edition of this historical account of the brief period of the reign of Francis II (10 July 1559 to 5 December 1560). Important work for the history of the Wars of Religion. The attribution to Louis Régnier (1530?-1580?), Lord of La Planche, a Huguenot devoted to the Montmorencys, was long disputed.
Ref. Barbier II:684-685. - Adams R-311. - Picot III:2149 (long notice on the attribution). - Haag VIII:401-403. - Cioranescu 19132. - STC French 187.
Prov. Charles d'Orléans de Rothelin (1691-1744), abbé des Corneilles, French churchman, writer, scholar and numismatist, member of the Académie française, held to be one of the wisest bibliophiles of his time (armorial bookpl.).