Valois (Adrien de) Rerum Francicarum, 3 vol., first edition, half-title in vol.1, titles in red & black with printer's device (engraved in vol.1, woodcut in vol.2-3), woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, occasional spotting, nineteenth century red calf ruled in blind, by Hatton of Manchester, g.e., rubbed and faded, some damage to spine of vol.3, Paris, Sébastien & Gabriel Cramoisy, 1646-58 § Emili (Paolo) De rebus gestis Francorum libri X, 1566 bound with Le Ferron (Arnoul) De rebus gestis Gallorum libri IX, 1554, together 2 works in 1, second work lacking all after Aa1 (18ff. of ?Index) but text complete, woodcut head-pieces and large decorative initials, contemporary ink manuscript quotation to title, underlinings and inscription "Ex libris ?Burosine 1563" to head of final leaf, some light browning, a few stains, contemporary calf with gilt oval plaquette to centre of boards, spine gilt, rubbed and scuffed, spine faded and worn at ends, Paris, Michel de Vascosan, folio (4)

⁂ The first is a history of early medieval France, from the time of the Emperor Valerian in 253 AD to the end of the Merovingian dynasty in 753 AD; the second is a history of France from the beginning of the monarchy continued by Le Ferron up to and including Francis I.

Provenance: Macclesfield copy with small embossed stamp to title and following couple of leaves and North Library bookplate