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FAUCHET (Claude).
Gallic and French Antiquities and Histories. Containing the origin of events that took place in Gaul and the Annals of France, from the year MMM. CCC. L. to the year IX.C.LXXXVII of Jesus Christ.
Both Ecclesiastical and Political Matters. Compiled by Mr President Fauchet.
Latest edition, revised, corrected and expanded in several places. With two treatises on the origins of the dignities and magistrates of France, knights, coats of arms and heralds.
A collection of the regulations, arms and instruments formerly used by the French in their wars.
Geneva. By Paul Marceau, 1611.
In-4°. Worn contemporary full binding in brown sheepskin. Ribbed spine, decorated with (faded) gilt metal fittings. Title label in red morocco. Red edges.
2 unnumbered pages, 947–124–(2) pages.
Page 59, numbered 65.
Fourth expanded edition. The first volume was published anonymously in 1579 under the title *Recueil des antiquitez gauloises et françaises*
‘(Fauchet) proves himself the forerunner of the historians of the Romantic era. Yet he is far superior to them in terms of information and meticulousness. Finally, he remains driven by a very strong sense of national pride, which is his hallmark, although he shares this sentiment with his contemporary Pasquier” (Dictionnaire des Lettres Françaises).
Following the *Antiquités gauloises* are two other remarkable treatises by the same author: *Origines des Dignités & Magistrats de France* and *Origine des chevaliers, Armoiries & Hérauts*, each of which has a separate title page.
Flecks.
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