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FERRAND, David - Inventaire général de la Muse normande, div…
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260
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FERRAND, David - Inventaire général de la Muse normande, div…
See original version (French)
Estimate €300
Voluntary lot
Description
FERRAND, David - Inventaire général de la Muse normande, divisée en XXVIII. parties. Où sont descrites plusieurs batailles, assauts, prises de villes, guerres estrangeres, victoires de la France, histoires comiques, esmotions populaires, grabuges, & choses remarquables arrivées à Roüen depuis quarante années. Rouen, chez l'autheur, 1655. Pet. in-8, (8) ff, 484 pp, second title page 63, one doubled leaf with small marg. tears, paper yellowed, some ff. trimmed short, ex. washed with faded printing and disgorgements, red morocco pl., triple gilt thread on boards, ornamented ribbed spine, int. dent, gilt tr.
FRÈRE I, 462. First collective edition of the periodical entitled la Muse normande, dedicated to the Duc de Longueville. Like this one, it is divided into 28 parts dated from 1621 to 1652 and is a sort of gazette written in Norman dialect, but with textual differences. An invaluable compendium for anyone wishing to learn about the customs and spirit of the people of Rouen and the main events that took place in Rouen in the first half of the 17th century.
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