De origine et atavis Hugonis Capeti, illorumque cum Carolo Magno, Clodoueo, atque antiquis Francorum regibus agnatione, & gente.

Paris, Th. Brumen, 1581

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Lot description

8vo: [8]-102-[2 bl.] ff. + folding table (some min. toning and spotting).

Contemp. limp overl. vellum, gilt coat of arms on covers, flat spine titled in ink (covers sl. stained). Nice copy.

Rare treatise by a counselor of Catherine de’ Medici, defending Henri III and the French succession from the Capetians against Henri IV of Navarre, a descendant from the Bourbon branch of the dynasty. Woodcut mark on title. Printed in italics.
Ref. USTC 170565. - Adams Z-28.
Prov. Unidentified gilt arms on covers. - "lud. du bosc" (old name on title). - Old bibliographical note on front flyleaf.