TESSEREAU (Abraham). Histoire chronologique de la Grande Chancellerie de France. Contenant son origine, l'estat de ses officiers, un recueil exact de leurs noms...A Paris, chez P. Le Petit, 1676-1679. Two parts in one in-folio volume, [4] f., 686 p., [30] f. (table) ; 40 p. (Suppl.), contemporary brown calf, 6-nerved spine, gilt title, ornate caissons, edges blotched (flaws, including faded coifs, jaws partly split; ordinary browning).
First edition of this imposing work dedicated to Colbert, with an engraved vignette of his arms at the head of the dedication. Copy accompanied by the supplement: Suite de l'histoire chronologique de la chancellerie de France... Paris, de l'Impr. de Pierre Le Petit, [1679], [1] f., 40 p.
(Saffroy, 13854 and 13855).
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