(1541). GILLES (Nicole). LES TRES ELEGANTES ET COPIEUSES ANN - Lot 194

(1541). GILLES (Nicole). LES TRES ELEGANTES ET COPIEUSES ANNALLES DES TRES PREUX TRES NOBLES TRES CHRESTIENS ET EXCELLENS MODERATEURS DES BELLIQUEUSES GAULES... (Paris, Jacques Kerver, 1541). 2 volumes of [5] (of 6)-140 and [5]-149 (of 152) leaves in 1 volume in-folio, brown calf, gilt fillets on covers, ornate ribbed spine (period binding). Edition in Gothic type by Jacques Kerver, featuring a title in a handsome historiated frame, 2 large, handsome woodcuts (L'auteur professant and la création de la femme), 6 full-page genealogical trees and 54 PORTRAITS OF THE KINGS OF FRANCE. The title of volume one is missing. The title of the second volume has been bound in at the head of the volume. Hinges restored, rings and foxing, small hole p. 86 (USTC 84093, 88776) (Bechtel p. 322).