MUSSON (Pierre)

Tragoediae, seu Diversarum gentium et imperiorum magni principes. Dati in theatrum Collegii Regii Henrici Magni

La Flèche, Georges Griveau, 1621, in-8, 15 pp., [8] ff. n. ch. (introductory poems), [391] pp. Badly numbered 402 (there is a jump in numbers from 256 to 267, then from 326 to 328, without missing), missing the frontispiece engraved by Picart, fawn morocco, smooth mute spine decorated along the length with a large box with small irons, double gilt fillet frame and large plate with gilt garlands and interlacing on the plates, simple gilt fillet on the cups, gilt edges, traces of clasp holes (period binding). 

A very rare impression of La Flèche, where the famous Jesuit college bearing the name of its founder, Henry IV, had been established since 1603. Moreover, it is one of the first 

Copy with the arms of the Marshal of France Timoléon d'Espinay, Marquis de Saint-Luc (1580-1644), Lieutenant General and Commander of the City of Paris.
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MUSSON (Pierre) Tragoediae, seu Diversarum gentium et imperiorum magni principes. Dati in theatrum Collegii Regii Henrici Magni La Flèche, Georges Griveau, 1621, in-8, 15 pp., [8] ff. n. ch. (introductory poems), [391] pp. Badly numbered 402 (there is a jump in numbers from 256 to 267, then from 326 to 328, without missing), missing the frontispiece engraved by Picart, fawn morocco, smooth mute spine decorated along the length with a large box with small irons, double gilt fillet frame and large plate with gilt garlands and interlacing on the plates, simple gilt fillet on the cups, gilt edges, traces of clasp holes (period binding). A very rare impression of La Flèche, where the famous Jesuit college bearing the name of its founder, Henry IV, had been established since 1603. Moreover, it is one of the first Copy with the arms of the Marshal of France Timoléon d'Espinay, Marquis de Saint-Luc (1580-1644), Lieutenant General and Commander of the City of Paris.

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MUSSON (Pierre) Tragoediae, seu Diversarum gentium et imperiorum magni principes. Dati in theatrum Collegii Regii Henrici Magni La Flèche, Georges Griveau, 1621, in-8, 15 pp., [8] ff. n. ch. (introductory poems), [391] pp. Badly numbered 402 (there is a jump in numbers from 256 to 267, then from 326 to 328, without missing), missing the frontispiece engraved by Picart, fawn morocco, smooth mute spine decorated along the length with a large box with small irons, double gilt fillet frame and large plate with gilt garlands and interlacing on the plates, simple gilt fillet on the cups, gilt edges, traces of clasp holes (period binding). A very rare impression of La Flèche, where the famous Jesuit college bearing the name of its founder, Henry IV, had been established since 1603. Moreover, it is one of the first Copy with the arms of the Marshal of France Timoléon d'Espinay, Marquis de Saint-Luc (1580-1644), Lieutenant General and Commander of the City of Paris.
Sale Thursday 20 February・14:00 (Europe/Paris)
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