(1644). MORGUES (Mathieu de). DIVERSES PIECES POUR LA DEFENC - Lot 15

(1644). MORGUES (Mathieu de). DIVERSES PIECES POUR LA DEFENCE DE LA REYNE Mère du Roy tres-chrestien Louis XIII. - PIECES CURIEUSES EN SUITE DE CELLES DU SIEUR DE S. GERMAIN. S.l.n.d. et sur la coppie imprimée à Anvers, 1644. 2 volumes in folio of [12]-64-76-[6]-58-[2]-46-11-24-[2]-52-2bl.-78-2bl.-95-22-2bl.-[2]-39 and [6]-207-222-228 pages, fawn basane, ribbed spine with the initials C.H. repeated on the spines, gilt coat of arms on the boards (18th century binding). Engraved titles for the 2 volumes, the first without dated title. Prize book of the Collège d'Harcourt, bound with his coat of arms. Founded in 1280 by Raoul d'Harcourt, suppressed during the Revolution, then re-established in 1824 by Louis XVIII, under the name of Collège Saint-Louis, (O.H.R. 581, fer n°1). Restorations to spines, dull corners, wear.