GOLLUT (Loys). Les Memoires historiques de la repub[lique] s - Lot 270

GOLLUT (Loys). Les Memoires historiques de la repub[lique] sequanoise, et des princes de la Franche-Comté de Bourgougne. Avec un sommaire de l'Histoire des Catholiques Rois de Castille, & Portugal, de la maison desdicts princes de Bourgougne. Dole, Ant. Dominique, 1592. In-folio of [10] ff, 1108 pp, [17] ff. Title in red and black decorated with the engraved arms of Burgundy. Fawn half-calf, spine with 6 ornate bands, t.p. in red morocco, red edges (later binding). First edition, one of the most important works on the history of Franche-Comté. pp. 726-788 contain a list of the Knights of the Golden Fleece with descriptions of their coats of arms, accompanied by 252 empty medallions for engraved coats of arms to be pasted on or illuminated. Ex-libris ms. of "Blondon, 1888"; from the library of M. de POINCTES-GEVIGNEY, with his engraved ex-libris. Upper hinge cracked, damage to headpieces. A good copy, however.