(1581). DU CHOUL (Guillaume). DISCOURS DE LA RELIGION DES AN - Lot 381

(1581). DU CHOUL (Guillaume). DISCOURS DE LA RELIGION DES ANCIENS ROMAINS, DE LA CASTRAMENTATION ET DISCIPLINE MILITAIRE D'ICEUX, DES BAINS ET ANTIQUES EXERCITATIONS... Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1581. 2 parts of 339-[56] and 154-[10] leaves, bound in 1 volume in-4°, brown calf, gilded fillets, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). ONE OF LYON'S FINEST ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. Its illustrations, attributed by Baudrier to Pierre Eskrich, include over 500 reproductions of medals and nearly 40 woodcuts, some of them full-page. The title page bears the coat of arms of Guillaume Du Choul, a humanist and archaeologist from Lyon and advisor to the King, who dedicated his work to Monsieur d'Urfé, the novelist's father. Small marginal gallery, tear without missing leaf, one hinge split, good copy. (Baudrier IX, 312) (USTC 6716).