WASSEBOURG (Richard de) - Premier et second volume des antiq - Lot 899

WASSEBOURG (Richard de) - Premier et second volume des antiquités de la Gaule Belgicque, royaulme de France. Austasie & Lorraine. Avec l'origine des duchez & comtez, de l'ancienne & moderne Brabant, Tongre, Haynau, Mozelane, Lotreich, Lorraine, Barrois, Luxembourg, Louvain, Vaudemont, Jainville, Namur, Chiny. Et autres principaultez. Extraictes soubs les vies des évêques de Verdun, anciennes cité d'icelle Gaule. Paris, Chez François Girault pour Vincent Sertenas, 1549; small folio, VI-533 pp. + 39 ff. in full contemporary calf binding, 6-rib spine, speckled edges, mosaic decoration on boards (a priori a modern restoration) - The 2 volumes. Numerous fine vignettes. Elegant typography. Large woodcut depicting Notre-Dame de Verdun (repeated in the frontispiece of each volume) - This is primarily a history of the bishops of Verdun, set in the European context surrounding the diocese of Verdun. The text contains a large number of documents not found elsewhere. Numerous printed notes in the margins. A very fine and rare work. Consultant: Mr. Philippe HENRY