Beschreibung:

Grégoire (Pierre). De republica libri sex et viginti, in duos tomos distincti, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, Pont-à-Mousson: Nicolas Claudet, 1596, [20], 1035 [i.e. 1043], [137]; [12], 479, [37] pp., first title-page printed in red and black, printer’s device to both titles, woodcut initials and head-pieces, printed side-notes in italics, index at end of both volumes, partly sprung with some leaves detached, the first and last few leaves somewhat creased and slightly frayed at margins without text loss, gilt-gauffered edges, fine contemporary (English?) gilt-decorated full calf with large arabesque centrepiece, the field semé with stylised Maltese Cross or flower device, large corner-pieces, with small fleurettes to outer corners, single gilt ruled outer border, spine gilt-tooled within raised bands, spine worn at head and foot with some loss, and associated small area of loss to foot of lower board, lacks ties, folio (240 x 160 mm) (Quantity: 1) Adams G1092. Provenance: Most likely Sir Francis Fortescue (1563-1624), thence by direct family descent via the Turville and Constable-Maxwell lines of Husbands Bosworth Hall, Leicestershire.