Recueil des pièces les plus curieuses qui ont esté faites pendant le règne du Connestable jusqu'à présent […].

8vo: [40]-516 pp. (minor soiling).

Contemp. vellum (def. at bottom edge, head, tail), flat spine. Good copy.

Very rare, probably 1st ed. of an anonymous collection of some 65 pieces of verses and pamphlets by various authors, listing the names of the Chevaliers, with their rank "Qu'ils tenoient en allant a l'Eglise", and describing the events of the last two years in the life of Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes (1578-1621), Minister and favourite of King Louis XIII. He became Constable of France in 1621 but died shortly afterwards while on a campaign against the Huguenots.
Ref. Not in Goldsmith (BL). - BnF (has 2nd ed. 1623, 4th ed. 1632). - COPAC (states: First published in Paris, 1620, under title: Recueil mémorable de tout ce qui c'est faict et passé depuis la réception des chevaliers de l'Ordre du S. Sprit[sic] en l'année 1620 jusques à présent).
Prov. Ms. ownership entry.