Histoire en abrégé de la vie de S. Hubert, prince du sang de France, duc d'Aquitaine, premier évêque & fondateur de la ville de Liège, & apôtre des Ardennes.

8vo: engr. title-[16]-125-[8] pp.; 8 pl. (marg. sl. damp stain, sl. foxing).

Contemp. burgundy morocco, boards gilt-ruled and decorated "à la Du Seuil", gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, a.e.g. (sl. traces of use).

Very rare first edition of a biography of saint Hubert attributed to Cyprien Mareschal (1662-1686), Abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Hubert, according to BnF. In 1737, the Abbot Célestin de Jonghe (1689-1760) published a revised version of this biography. Illustrated with an engr. title and 8 pl., copper-engr. by Gr. Huret or Guérard, and two orn. copper-engr. headpieces and initials.
Ref. All attributing the work to C. de Jonghe: Thiébaud 810-811 ("Première édition, fort rare"). - Schwerdt I:273 ("First edition or a scarce and attractive book"). - Souhart 594. - BnF. - Not in Barbier.
Prov. Charles Merlier (contemp. ms. entry).