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218 - DU TILLET (Jean). A Compendium of the Kings of France, their…
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DU TILLET (Jean). A Compendium of the Kings of France, their Crowns and Houses, together with a List of the Nobles of France. Plus, an Abridged Chronicle containing all that has transpired, both in matters of war and otherwise, between kings and princes, republics and foreign potentates. Paris, Jacques du Puys, 1580. 2 parts in one folio volume, marbled calfskin, gilded coat of arms in the centre, decorated spine, red edges (18th-century binding). First edition, illustrated with portraits of sovereigns and numerous coats of arms wood-engraved within the text. The *Recueil des rangs des grands de France*, with continuous pagination, has a title page dated 1579; the second part contains the *Chronique abbrégée*… (Saffroy, no. 10253.) This posthumous work by Jean du Tillet, a jurist and historian who died in 1570, is a key source for the history of France. A restored copy, with the woodcuts retouched and the coats of arms within the text carefully illuminated in the 19th century. Bearing the coat of arms of Prosper, Count of Bruce, General Councillor of the Ardennes: during the second half of the 19th century, this scholar and passionate book collector had amassed some 6,000 volumes in his library at the Château d’Harzillemont (OHR, pl. 952). From the library of J.B. Th. de Jonghe (III, 1860, no. 7241). Excluding the third part, published in 1588. Slight water stain at the top of a few quires; a minor tear in the margin of two leaves (V1 and rr1); a tear at the corner of the last leaf, which is blank. The red pigment from the colourings has bled onto the facing pages. Spine re-bound with the original decoration reapplied, corners restored, some scuffing on the covers Expert: Mr Dominique Courvoisier
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About the sale TREASURES OF THE LOIRE VALLEY: books and archaeology
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Auction time 11/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
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