PAULUS AEMILIUS dit Paul Emile Lot n° 34

The First Five Books of French History, translated into French from Latin by Jean Regnart, angevin. VERY HIGH AND POWERFUL, Lord, Monseigneur ANNE de Momtmoranci, Per & Conestable of France. In Paris, from the printing works of Michel Fezandat, 1556. With royal privilege. In-folio, full of grief, 19th century Sienna, ribbed back, golden lace on countertops, combed guards, red jaspered slices. 12]-328-[8, table], (copy set). "First history of France written in a classical style and not in the medieval style of chronicles" (Tylley). First edition of the translation of the first five books. Bookbinding of Petit successeur de Simier. Ex-libris