8vo (180 x 110 mm). Roman and italic type. collation: ã⁸ ẽ⁴ (ẽ4 blank) A-Y⁸ (Y7,8 blank): 188 leaves. Woodcut arms of Huraul꧂t de Cheverny to verso of title-page, decorative♏ woodcut initials and head-pieces, ruled in red throughout. (Light dampstaining at upper margin of first half of textblock.)

binding: Strictly c🌼ontemporary Parisian brown morocco (183 x 116 mm), multiple gilt fillets around sides, large cornerpieces à la fanfare and feuilletés, semé of fleurs-de-lys surrounding central cartouche, with fleurs-de-lys in compartments of central cartouche, flat spine decorated similarly to central cartouche, traces of two pairs of violet silk ties, edges of boards decorated, plain edges gilt, in a black morocco solander case. (A few minor repairs to spine ends, 25 mm crack to head of spine, upper cover slightly warped, ties lacking.)

provenance: Henri Béraldi (1849-1931), booklabel, his sale, Paris, May 1934, lot 22, to—Maurice Burrus (1882-1959), bookplate , manuscript shelflabels to endleaf, and loosely preserved clipping from Béraldi sale catalogue (annotated in Burrus' hand at left-hand margin), by descent until sold, Christie's, Paris, 15 December 2015, lot 139. acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. references: USTC 29131; Jean Balsamo & Michel Simonin, Abel L'Angelier & Françoise de Louvain, 1574-1620 (Geneva 2002), p. 197 no. 118 (this copy)