SAINCTES, Claude de

Discourse on the sacking of the Catholic Churches, by the old Heretics, & new Calvinists, in the year one thousand five hundred and sixty two Paris, Claude Fremy, 1567 a fine copy, bound in the 18th century, with a remarkable chain of sources: MÉON, PIXERÉCOURT, TAYLOR, LIGNEROLLES, PICHON, GANAY In-8 (168 x 97 mm). Initials engraved on wood COLLATION : A-K8 : (11)-69 ff (B4r-K8r folioed 1-69) CONTENTS : A1r : title, A2r : epistle, B4r : text Eighteenth century binding attributable to DEROME. Red morocco, gilt decoration, triple fillet in frame, long spine decorated with vertical titling, gilt edges PROVENANCE: old handwritten bookplate partially erased on the title page -- Guillaume-Luc Bailly (1743-1809; characteristic annotation at the bottom of the last endpaper) -- Dominique Martin Méon (1748-1829; his sale, Paris, 1803, n° 3370, 5 fr. 65 c., price written in ink on the back cover) -- René-Charles Guilbert de Pixerécourt (1773-1844; ex-libris; his sale, Paris, 1838, no. 1794, 30 fr.) -- Isidore Justin Séverin, baron Taylor (1789-1879; his sale, Paris, 1848, no. 167, 9 fr. 25c.) -- Raoul Léonor, comte de Lignerolles (1817-1893; his sale, Paris, III, 1894, no. 2432) -- bookshop Henri Leclerc, successor of Techener (handwritten note on the flyleaf) -- baron Jérome Pichon, who acquired it from Leclerc on July 2, 1894 (1812-1896 ; handwritten note on the flyleaf; ex-libris; his sale, Paris, I, 1897, no. 1171) -- marquis Hubert de Ganay (1888-1974; ex-libris; his sale, Paris, 2019, no. 137) The first six leaves are slightly missing, the binding is slightly worn. BIBLIOGRAPHY: USTC 616 -- Brunet, V, col. 32 (quoted copy)