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PIERRE DES VAUX DE CERNAY. Historia Albigensium, et Sacri Belli in eos anno M. CC. IX. suscepti. [6] (of [28]), 326, [14] pages; lacks preliminaries A2-C4 (historical preface). 8vo, 163x104 mm, contemporary limp vellum with gilt initials G on front cover and P on rear, soiled, ties lacking, crude stitched repair on rear cover; contents toned, blank portion of title excised, dampstain in upper outer corners toward end. Early ownership inscription of Guillaume Prousteau; ink accession number and perforated stamp of Meadville Theological School on title. Troyes: Jean Griifard, 1615
first edition of an important contemporary account of the Albigensian Crusade, the early 13th-century campaign of the Church against the Cathar sect in the south of France. Potthast, page 922; Sarton II, 673.
