Mar 08, 2018 - Sale 2468

Sale 2468 - Lot 137

Price Realized: $ 1,170
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(LA ROCHELLE.) Les Signes Merveilleux et Espouvantables, apparus au Ciel sur la Ville de La Rochelle, le 28 Jour d'Avril dernier: le tout au grand estonnement de tous les Rochellois. 13 pages. bound with: Le Psaultier des Rebelles de ce Temps. 13 pages. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, 151x96 mm, 19th-century 1/2 roan by White of Pall Mall; 2 small stains on title of first work. Paris: Anthoine Champenois, 1621; Np, 1622

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Two scarce and contrasting pamphlets relating to La Rochelle: the first interprets celestial phenomena observed over the city as portents in favor of the Huguenot cause, while the second uses the first verse of Psalm 126 as the basis for a rant against the inhabitants.