Histoire de Louis le juste, XIII du nom, roy de France et de Navarre.

Folio : [12 incl. portrait]-710-[28] pp. (sl. dampstaining, tear in title-vign., folds, inverted ff. in quire V, occ. soiling, marg. wormtracks, tear without loss in p. 479, upper margin of last f. repaired).

Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine (stains, spine darkened, corners repaired, flylvs margins repaired).

Rare first edition of the history of Louis XIII's reign by the French historian Dupleix (1569-1661), who was named "historiographe du roi" in 1619 by the same Louis XIII. Illustrated with the King's portrait copper-engraved and a title-vignette. Title in red & black.
Ref. Goldsmith (BL) 1151. - Not in Brunet.
Joined: Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean - Clovis, ou La France chrestienne. Poeme heroique. Paris, Courbé, Le Gras & J. Roger, 1657. 4to (title and portrait pasted together to repair lacks, front. missing, +/- browned, staining, margins frayed at end). Contemp. marbled sheep (very rubbed, head & tail missing). First edition illustrated with an equestrian portrait and 26 plates. Prov. Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749), French musician (ms. entry dated 1705). (2 vol.)