CORROZET (Gilles): The thresor of the stories... - Lot 255 - Richard Maison de ventes

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CORROZET (Gilles): The thresor of the stories... - Lot 255 - Richard Maison de ventes
CORROZET (Gilles): The thresor of the stories of France. Reduced by tiltres, in the form of common places. Augmented and continued until now. Paris, Jean Corrozet, 1644. One volume. 9,5 by 16,5 cm. (8)-119 leaves (238 pages). Full contemporary basane, spine with five raised bands. Spines and corners restored. Good condition of the binding. Some leaves slightly darkened, otherwise good condition inside. This classic work appeared for the 1st time in 1583. It had 18 editions between 1583 and 1645. Bouchereaux, Recherches biblio. sur G. Corrozet 202. This compendium of the offices and dignities of the kingdom also gives curious information on the state of the nobility at the end of the reign of Henry III. With [CHAMBERLAYNE (Edward): The present state of England. With several reflections on her former state. Translated from the English. [By M. de Neuville]. Paris, Jean Cochart, 1671. One volume. 8 by 13.5 cm. (6)-354 pages. Contemporary full vellum, handwritten title in contemporary pen on the spine. Very good condition. Small light spotting in the upper margin of all leaves, otherwise very good condition. 2nd edition in French and 1st edition printed in France. "Intended to replace and update both Camden's Britannia and Thomas Smith's treatise, this book, published in English in 1669, was immediately translated, under the title of the Present State of England, and appeared in Amsterdam, and in 1671, in Paris itself, under the privilege granted to the Compagnie des Libraires du Palais. It was like a royal Almanac for England; and this unofficial directory was also the most serious, the easiest to handle constitutional and administrative treatise. A rare book, precious for the knowledge of England in the 17th century, in its period binding and in beautiful condition. The two volumes
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