Sammelband with 4 works, of which 3 by François Hotman.

8vo (sl. age-toned, occ. spotting, name cut out off front flyl.).

Contemp. vellum, ink-titled flat spine (discoloured, right upper corner of spine missing).

1. Hotman, François - Quaestionum illustrium liber. [Geneva], H. Estienne II, 1573. [14-2 bl.]-331-[5 bl.-15], 70 pp. Enlarged issue, with "quaestiones" 36 and 37, not mentioned in index, completed with the second sequence of 70 numbered pages, with commentary by Jacques Cujas. - 2. Id. - Dialecticae institutionis libri IIII. [Geneva], J. Stoer, 1573. [16]-363 pp. Title within ornamental border. - 3. Doneau, Hugues - Ad titulum Digestorum, de rebus dubiis, commentarius. Bourges, P. Bouchierius, 1571. [4]-106-[2] pp. - 4. Hotman, Fr. - Francogallia. (Geneva), J. Stoer, 1573. [15]-174-[9] pp. (few ink scrawls in bl. marg.). First ed. of the famous treatise against absolutism. It was a pioneer work of modern historiography: based on the reconstruction of Frankish feudal institutions through the study of feudal law. Title within elegant border of type ornaments.
Ref. Adams H-1100 (1), H-1083 (4) and D-809 (3). - Bibl. Aurel. 48:32 (3). - Cioranescu 7994 (3), 11577 (4), 11610 (2), 11611 (1). - GLN-2471 (1), 2469 (2) and 2470 (4).