BOSC DE MONTANDRE (Sieur du) - Suite historique des ducs de - Lot 94

BOSC DE MONTANDRE (Sieur du) - Suite historique des ducs de la Basse Lorraine. Et en passant, l'histoire généalogique de la maison de Godefroy de Bouillon. Where we shall see the establishment of the Kingdom of Austrasia, its change of name to that of Lorraine, its separations, & its just & unjust reunions with the crown of France: the injustice of its usurpation & alienation: Its dismemberment into several states, & their fate down to us: its division into Upper Lorraine in Mozellane, & Lower Lorraine, in Brabant, in the Duchy of Risprairies, the extinction of the direct house of Charlemagne: and of all those of Godefroy de Bouillon duke of Lower Lorraine. Le tout. Paris, Chez Nicolas Boisset, 1662; in-4, 22 ppnch. + 48 + 68 pp, bound in full contemporary calf, spine decorated with 5 nerves, edges mottled, headpieces a little damaged, boards damaged on the edges with small lacks of leather, foresee a restoration. Rare work on the physical and genealogical limits of Lorraine by a pamphleteer, author of mazarinades, in the service of the Prince de Condé. Consultant: Monsieur Philippe HENRY