C'est l'ordre qui a este tenu a la nouvelle et ioyeuse entrée, que treshault, tresexcellent, & trespuissant Prince, le Roy treschrestien Henry deuzieme de ce nom, à faicte en sa bonne ville & cité de Paris, capitale de son Royaume, le sezieme iour de Juin 1549. [Bound with:] C'est l'ordre et forme qui a este tenue au Sacre & Couronnement de treshaulte & tresillustre Dame, Madame Catharine de Medicis, Royne de France, faict en l'Eglise Monseigneur sainct Denys en France, Le X. iour de Iuin

[Chauveau, Hardouyn (text attributed to)]; [Henri II of France]; [Catherine de' Medici]

Verlag: vend Jean Dallier, Paris, 1549

Beschreibung

First edition. Printer's device on title page. Woodcut initials. In contemporary tooled leather. ff. 28 [3 (here the first is missing)] 30-37(=41) [1] [misnumbered: 38 as 40; 41 as 37] [lacks, ff. 4-5; 9; 11; 13-20; 29, 40]; ff. 11 [1 (blank, lacks]. Coll.: a-f4 g6 (g6 blank). One of the most beautifully designed French Renaissance books, the official description of Henri II's (1515-1559) entry into Paris on 16th June 1549 (first part) and Queen Catherine de' Medici's (1519-1589) entry two days later (second part). Unfortunately, our copy lacks the illustrations and a few text leaves. The second work is the official report of the coronation of Catherine de' Medici on June 10 in the Basilica of Saint-Denis. USTC 6612 (or 92358); USTC 53998. Contemporary possessor's inscriptions on title page. Binding worn, damaged. First work lacks the illustrations and some text pages (see the collation above). Damp stains throughout. First work: f. 25 and f. 37 with closed tear, f. 32 upper corner, f. 36 lower corner missing, not affecting the text. Second work: wax stains on f. 2 and f. 5.; lacking the last blank leaf, otherwise complete. First edition. Printer's device on title page. Woodcut initials. In contemporary tooled leather. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2330

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Titel: C'est l'ordre qui a este tenu a la nouvelle ...

Verlag: vend Jean Dallier, Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 1549

Einband: Hardcover