May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 100

Price Realized: $ 500
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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
GRASSAILLE, CHARLES DE. Regalium Franciae jura omnia, dignitates amplissimas Christianissimorum Galliae regnum . . . complectentium, libri duo. Title within 4-part woodcut border incorporating vignette of the Veil of Veronica; 38 half-page woodcuts. [20], 322, [2]; [2], 137, [4] pages, including blank X4. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, 169x114 mm, contemporary vellum boards with spine title in ink, cover edges worn through; title page with strip of paper pasted across center, author's name partly abraded with resulting small hole affecting a few letters on verso, blank lower margin excised, marginal dampstaining on last several leaves, last leaf mounted. Lyon: (Jean Crespin for) heirs of Simon Vincent, 1538

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first edition of a treatise on French royal privileges drawing on Roman and medieval legal sources.