[Book of the 16th c.]. ONGOYS (Jean d'). Le pomptuaire de tout ce qui est advenu plus digne de mémoire, depuis la création du monde jusques à présent. In Paris, by J. d'Ongoys, 1575. In-16, [28] f., 410 p. (misquoted 308), figs, early 17th c. brown calf, spine with 3 nerves and mute, ornamented boards, double gilt fillet on covers, restorations (bites cracked, snags on one cut, last f. strengthened with small lac. in margin; sustained wetness on the whole volume).
First edition of this pocket ephemeris composed by Jean d'Ongoy (c. 1530 - c. 1600), printer-librarian and author of historical compilations and satirical pieces, published by himself.
15 mid-page woodcut figures illustrate the works of each month. [Sign. *-***8 ****4 A-Z8 Aa-Bb8]. Copy including, especially at the beginning of the volume, numerous annotations of the time.
Manuscript bookplate dated 1771 scratched into the title, with small hole.
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