BELLEFOREST (F. de) - GILLES (Nicole). LES CHRONIQUES ET ANNALES DE FRANCE, dès l'origine des François, et leur venuë ez Gaules. Made iadis briefly by Nicole Gilles secretary of the King, until the King Charles eighth, and since added by Denis Sauvage, until the King François second of the name. Reveuës, corrected increased according to the truth of the registers and old signs... by F. de Belleforest... Increased and continued by G. Chappuys. With the genealogies and effigies of the Kings and an alphabetical table. Paris, Gabriel Buon, 1585. In folio of [4]-521-1bl.-[27]-1bl. leaves, brown calf, Renaissance gilt medallion in the center of the boards, gilt fillet, ornate ribbed spine (period binding).
Parisian edition of the chronicles of France by Nicole Gilles continued by François de Belleforest and increased by Gabriel Chappuys until Henri III. It is decorated with beautiful ornate letters, a large number of medallions representing the Kings of France and large genealogical plates outside the text. Light staining to the title and in the margins of the last few leaves, gallery in the bottom margin without damage on about a hundred leaves. Hinges and covers restored. (USTC n° 722).
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