Apr 23, 2007 - Sale 2111

Sale 2111 - Lot 105

Price Realized: $ 1,080
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
NOSTREDAME, CÉSAR DE. L'Histoire et Chronique de Provence. Woodcut text illustrations, chiefly armorial insignia. [2], 20, 1092, 63, [1] pages, including engraved title and portrait of the author (the latter evenly browned, supplied from another copy). Folio, later 17th-/early 18th-century sheep with gilt arms of Jacques-Claude Claret de la Tourrette (1656-1741; Olivier 37), spine imperfect, front cover detached; contents toned, preliminaries remargined. Lyon: Simon Rigaud pour la Société Caldorienne, 1614

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first edition of the author's major work, a history of Provence from antiquity to the end of the 16th century. Benazra, page 179.