Me ROUILLIARD Sébastien (15xx-1639) History of... Lot 39

Me ROUILLIARD Sébastien (15xx-1639) History of Melun. Containing several notable rarities, and not discovered in the general history of France. Plus the life of Bourchard, count of Melun, under the reign of Hues Capet. Translated from Latin by an author of the time. Together the life of messire Iacques Amyot, bishop of Auxerre, & Grand Aumosnier of France. With the catalogue of the lords, & illustrious ladies, of the house of Melun. Le tout recueilly de diverses chroniques, & chartres manuscriptes. A Paris, Chez Jean Guignard, 1628, in-4, complete with [701] pp. miscalculated 703 (jump in cipher from 535 to 538, without missing) all copies have the same peculiarity, the Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne, underlines it ) "Bound in brown calf, spine decorated with cold boxes, spotted edges (17th c. binding). a very good copy. Local monograph in the compiler style which was still the only one practiced before the irruption of the Maurist researches on the history of the provinces. Rouillard was a native of Melun, hence his interest in the city. Brunet IV, 1418. Cioranescu, XVII, 60400. (Chile and Peru) at an early date.