1 / 10
two old books sitting on top of each other on a tablean old book with a brown cover sitting on top of a white surfacean old book with a brown cover sitting on top of a white surfacetwo books that are stacked on top of each otheran old book with a picture of a woman and a bird on ita book open on a table with a page in itan open book with a black and white image of an animalan open book with a page in it sitting on top of a tablean open book with a picture of a man and a woman on itan old piece of paper with a handwriting on it
KÂ- MONDO / KAPANDJI MORHANGE

122 - [TOULOUSE] LA FAILLE, Germain de. Annals of the City of Toul…
See original version (French)

Estimate €300 - €400
Sale commission
Description
[TOULOUSE] LA FAILLE, Germain de. Annals of the City of Toulouse from the time of the County of Toulouse’s union with the Crown: with a summary of the ancient history of this city and a collection of various titles and deeds to serve as evidence or clarification for these annals. A key reference work on the history of Toulouse, in its first edition and in a contemporary binding. Toulouse, Colomyez & Posuël, 1687–1701. 2 folio volumes, each bound in full marbled brown calfskin, spine richly decorated with raised bands, title label in beige leather and volume number label in green leather, gilt roulette on the cuts, red edges. 18 unnumbered folios, 149, 1 unnumbered folio, 344, 1 unnumbered folio, 128 and 18 unnumbered folios; 4 ff.n.ch., 548, 112, 1 f.n.ch., CCII, 1 f.n.ch., 20 and 21 ff.n.ch. 2 title vignettes, 9 headpieces, 9 initials and 4 tailpieces engraved on copper by Sébastien Le Clerc and Jacques Simonin, as well as 3 headpieces, 4 initials and 58 tailpieces engraved on wood (uncollated). Covers and edges rubbed and worn, particularly on the first volume (wormholes in the margins of pages 271 to 312), some foxing. A fairly rare first edition. [Brunet, III, 742]. Germain de La Faille (1616–1711), historian and writer, served as a capitoul (municipal magistrate) in Toulouse. In his *Annales*, he traces the history of the city from the incorporation of the County of Toulouse into the Crown, and includes a treatise on the nobility of the capitouls, in which he argues that their nobility dates back to Roman times. The first part contains an essay on the gold of Toulouse and an alphabetical list of the capitouls, whilst the second part supplements the first, as well as including important documents concerning the noble and commoner fiefs of the seneschalship of Toulouse and the rest of Languedoc. A fine copy in a contemporary binding.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale Miscellaneous Books
Auction location
Auction time 07/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like