De l'antique histoire et vraye origine des Bourgongnons.

Folio: [24]-674-[34] pp. (lacking pl. of Autun and pp. 538-539, occasional light marginal dampstaining, margins strengthened, pl. of Mâcon bound upside down, pl. of Chalon torn without loss, staining, pp. 321 and 501 torn and reinforced).

17th-c. calf, gilt decorated spine on raised bands, red edges (light dampstains, head and tail def., joints partly split).

First edition of the work of Saint-Julien (1520?-1593), Burgundian historian and dean of Mâcon. Woodcut ills: full-page coat of arms of the author (coloured), 5 (of 6) city maps on double page: Dijon (cropped), Beaune and Tournes (with descriptive text on the verso), Mâcon and Chalon, a full-page diagram ("Pourtraict de la rouë gardée en la chambre des esleuz des Estats de Bourgogne"). Large printer's mark on title, ornamental initials and some head- and tailpieces. Ref. Saffroy 19020 ("beau livre assez rare"). - Mortimer 479. - Pettegree (FB) 47213. - Cioranesco 20237. - Adams S-90. - Bn-Opale plus. - COPAC. - Not in Bp16, Matagne (Namur). Prov. Jacob Greuze, priest in Tournus, 1753 (ms. entry). - Modern bookplate. - Libr. stamp.