FAUCHET (Claude) Lot n° 43

Les Antiquitez et Histoires gauloises et françoises. Contenant l'origine des choses advenues en Gaule et ses Annales de France, depuis l'an du monde MMM. CCC. L. iusques à l'an IX.C.LXXXVII de Iesus Christ. Tant pour le fait Ecclesiasticq que Politicq. Recueillies par M. le President Fauchet. Edition dernière, Reveuë, corrigée & augmentée en plusieurs endroits. Avec deux Traitez des Origines des Dignitez & Magistrats de France, Chevaliers, Armoiries & Héraux. Ensemble de l'Ordonnance, Armes, & Instruments desquels les François ont anciennement usé en leurs guerres. A Genève, par Paul Marceau, pour la Soc. Caldorienne, 1611. In-4 of (8)-947-124-(2) pages. Full modern marbled basane binding, pastiche of antique binding. Spine ribbed, decorated with gilded irons and fleurons. On the front cover, shield with, in gilt letters and figures: Roy de France - M DC XI à Henry IV de ce nom. Marginal worm work on about a hundred pages, without affecting the text. Fourth enlarged edition. The first book appeared anonymously in 1579 under the title Recueil des antiquitez gauloises et françaises. "(Fauchet) shows himself to be the forerunner of the historians of the Romantic age. But he is far superior to them in terms of information and scrupulousness. Finally, he never ceased to be animated by a very strong national sentiment, which is his hallmark, even though he shares this sentiment with his contemporary Pasquier" (Dictionnaire des Lettres Françaises). Following Antiquitez gauloises are two other treatises by the same author: Origines des Dignitez & Magistrats de France and Origine des chevaliers, Armoiries & Héraux, each with a special title page. Brunet II, 1192; Cioranescu, 9835.