ROULLIARD (Sébastien). Parthénie ou histoire de la très-augu - Lot 129

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ROULLIARD (Sébastien). Parthénie ou histoire de la très-augu - Lot 129
ROULLIARD (Sébastien). Parthénie ou histoire de la très-auguste et très-dévote Eglise de Chartres, dédiée par les vieux Druides en l'honneur de la Vierge qui enfanteroit In Paris, by R. Thiery and P. Chevalier, 1609. Two parts in a large in-8, 252-291-[5] f. (epitaph, table, privileges, and the last blank), fig. 18th c. blonde calf, spine with 5 nerves, garnet-red morocco title-piece, boxes decorated with small irons, crowned cipher repeated on the 2 boxes at the head and tail, gilt roulette on the edges, red edges (head cap worn, 3 corners worn, snags on the spine and jaws, 3 corners worn, browning, title rubbed but not severe and reinforced in the margins, some worm work in the margins, touching some letters at the beginning of the 2nd part; last f. reassembled) First edition, illustrated with two full-page copper engravings, one showing the Virgin facing the kneeling druids, engraved on copper by Léonard Gaultier (v° of fol. 2); the other offering an unsigned portrait of the author (v° of fol. 8); and a copper-engraved vignette to the title showing the Sainte-Chemise. Provenance: unidentified figure on spine under marquis's crown; old ms. bookplates crossed out on title; modern seal of Jesuit college on verso of frontispiece; Jesuits of Enghein (label on front cover).
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