BAUDOIN (François). Lot n° 88

De institutione historiae universae, et eius cum iurisprudentia coniunctione... Paris, André Wechel, 1561. In-4, cold-stamped sow skin on bevelled edges, decoration of the boards structured by decorative roulettes and portraits taken from ancient medals or representing the four Evangelists and their emblems, title in ink on the first board, brass clasps, spine with nerves, label of quotation, red edges (Binding of the time). First edition, dedicated to Antoine de Bourbon, king of Navarre, and to the chancellor Michel de L'Hospital, of this work dealing notably with the way of writing history and presenting a comparative approach between history in general and jurisprudence. A jurisconsult and humanist from Arras, François Baudoin (1520-1573) (in Latin Balduinus) studied humanities at Louvain and traveled in Germany and Switzerland where he met the Alsatian reformer Martin Bucer and Calvin. He was appointed State Councillor to Henry III. A nice copy in a contemporary stamped binding. Wet stamp on the title (Ex-Bibliotheca Ministerii Cellensis) and another on the verso (Ex Bibliotheca Fideicomm Ernesti Aug.). A few wormholes in the lower part of the whole volume, sometimes affecting the text but not serious.