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Lot description

Paris, J. Ruelle, 1544

8vo: [18]-cccc.lvii [= 471] ff. (3 final ff. NN8, OO1-2 missing).

Old vellum, spine titled in ink (sl. loosening, sm. def. to spine). Good copy.

Rare French translation of the Vitae pontificum, Platina’s (1421-1481) famous chronicle of the papacy through its 1500-year history (1st printed 1479). Woodcut mark on title. Numerous small woodcut "portraits" of popes. The book was sold "a l’e(n)seigne de la queue de Renart".
Ref. BP16 111819. - Pettegree (FB) 43950.
Prov. Jesuit ownership entry on title.