CHIFFLET, J.-J. Lot n° 20

Vesontio civitas imperialis libera, Sequanorum metropolis, plurimis, nec vulgaribus sacræ, prophanæque historiæ monumentis illustrata, et in duas partes distincta. Lyon, Claude Cayne, 1618. 2 parts in 1 vol. pet. in-4, 16 ff. of which front, 264 pp.; 4 ff. 328 pp., 7 ff., marginal clear wetted qqs., brown stockings of the spine, back with nerves decorated, epid. PERROD 72, No. 3. Original edition. It is decorated with a frontispiece engraved by Pierre de Loisy, with the arms of Besançon, the coat of arms of Chifflet, the 3 folding engravings h.-t. including the famous rider's view of Besançon and the 2 views of the Roman triumphal arch known as Porte Noire, and vignettes in the text reproducing engraved statuettes and medals. Exemplary wide margins. Ex-libris ms. N. J. de Vaudray.