PITHOU, Pierre (1539-1596) : - Lot 157

PITHOU, Pierre (1539-1596) : Annalium et Historiae Francorum | Ab anno Christi DCCVIII. ad ann. DCCCCXC | Scriptores cotanei XII. | Nunc primum in lucem editi | Ex Bibliotheca P. Pithoei. Paris, Claude Chappelet, 1588 2 parts in 1 vol. in-8, (6 ff)- 8 folios entering the pagination-312 pp.-487pp and (39 ff). Contemporary full vellum with covers (small loss at upper head, some light spotting). First edition. Pierre Pithou, jurisconsult and historian, is the scientific editor of an unpublished manuscript in his possession. Historicized bands and initials. This important collection contains various unpublished texts. Of particular note is the poem on the siege of Paris by the Normans. Provenance: Bibliothèque humaniste du Morbihan.