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MOULIN (Gabriel du). Histoire generale de Normandie. Contena - Lot 555

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MOULIN (Gabriel du). Histoire generale de Normandie. Contena - Lot 555
MOULIN (Gabriel du). Histoire generale de Normandie. Contenant les choses memorables advenuës depuis les premiers courses des Normands Payens, tant en France qu'aux autres pays, de ceux qui s'separentent du pays de Neustrie sous Charles le Simple. Avec l'histoire de leurs Ducs, leur Genealogie, & leurs conquestes, tant en France, Italie, Angleterre, qu'en Orient, jusqu'à la reünion dela Normandie à la Couronne de France. Rouen, Jean Osmont, 1631. Large in-4 of [7] ff. including the title in two states (the first without a title label, the second with a large title label with the arms of Normandy), 56 pp. (Discours de la Normandie, De l'Ancienne Normandie et Fureur des Normands, exercée en France avant la venuë du prince Rhou), a folded genealogical table, 564 pp. (Histoire générale de Normandie), 52 pp. (Catalogue des seigneurs de Normandie, et autres provinces de France, qui furent en la Conqueste de Hierusalem) and [44] pp. (table et privilège). Brown calf, richly decorated ribbed spine, brown marbled title page (late 19th c. binding in imitation of 18th c.). Epidermures. Small brown spots. Small wormholes in margins of last few pages. First edition of this important work by Gabriel Du Moulin, curé de Mennaval (c. 1575-1660), dedicated to Henry d'Orléans, duc de Longueville. A rare work, especially in good condition, comprising a large number of pieces (Saffroy). Two of the introductory verses are signed by playwright Georges de Scudéry and organist Nicolas Le Vavasseur, friends of the author and distinguished figures of the golden age of Norman literature, with Corneille at the head. Ex-libris A. Beaucousin. Bookplate G.-R. Piclin. Bookplate J.M. (Frère I, 402; Saffroy, 30027.)
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