BROUSSON, Claude Lot n° 31

État des réformes en France, où l'on fait voir que les édits de pacification sont irrévocables... The Hague, Barent Beeck, 1685. 2 parts in 1 volume in-12 (147 x 91 mm) of 11 ff. (without the first blank), 164 pp. (misquoted 140), 1 f.n.c. for part I ; 1 f.n.c., 226 pp. for part II. Olive morocco, triple gilt fillet, spine gilt, edges gilt (20th century binding). Second edition of this important piece written by Claude Brousson (1647-1698), a Protestant lawyer, born in Nîmes, refugee in Lausanne and died in Montpellier; he was a fervent defender of the Protestants and appointed lawyer during the famous trial of Montauban in 1683. Accused of crime and rebellion, Brousson was tried on November 4, 1698 and condemned to be strangled before being broken on the wheel. [Bound afterwards:] [IDEM]. Apology of the project of the Reformed of France. Done in the month of May 1683. The Hague, Berent Beeck, 1685. 257 pp. 1 f.n.ch. Second edition. Good copies.