Fi.1.01 - Fi.1.04
Gallia Christiana, qua series omnium archiepiscoporum episcoporum et abbatum Franciæ, vicinarumque ditionum, ab origine ecclesiarum, ad nostra tempora per quatuor tomos deducitur. Et probatur ex antiquæ fidei manuscriptis, Vaticani, regum, principum, tabulariis omnium Galliæ cathedralium & abbatiarum. Opus fratrum gemellorum Scæuolæ et Ludouici Sammarthanorum auctum, & primò in lucem editum a Petro Abelio et Nicolao Sammarthanis, Scæuolæ filiis, Ludouici nepotibus. ...
Lutetiæ Parisiorum, : Apud Ioannem Guignard patrem, in primâ columnâ majoris Aulæ Palatij iuxta Consultationes., M. DC. LVI. [1656]
4 v. : ill. (map) ; 37 cm. (fol.)
Half-title in vol 1 only: Gallia Christiana. Tomis IV.
Added engraved t.p. for each vol. signed: Jean Marot.
Title pages printed in red and black; woodcut vignette.
ECL copy is a mixed set with vols 2-4 in the issue with imprint "Apud Petrum Menard bibliop. iuratum, viâ Veteris Enodationis, iuxta terminum Pontis D. Michaëlis, sub signo Boni Pastoris"; other issues have imprints "Apud Carolum Du Mesnil ...", "Apud viduam G. Aliot ..." and "Apud vidum Edmundi Pepingué ...".
Folded engraved map of French sees in vol 1.
Pagination: [v.1]: [28], 869 [i.e. 871], [65] p. (final leaf blank); [v.2]: [12], 420 [i.e. 416] p., 421-681 [i.e. 680], [19] leaves ; [v.3]: [8], 553-1227, [1] p. ; [v.4]: [32], 1006, [10] p. (final leaf blank).
Errors in pagination/foliation: [v.1]: page numbers 116-117 repeated ; [v.2] page numbers 283-286 and leaf number 667 omitted, leaf 666 misnumbered 657 ; [v.3]: register omits 7O, leaves 7P1 and 7Q2 signed 7O1 and 7P2 respectively .
At foot of imprint: Cum priuilegio Regis, et mandato cleri Gallicani.
Woodcut head-pieces, initials. Text printed in two columns.
Ms. inscription on title-page recording purchase for Eton College Library using Provost Henry Godolphin's legacy in 1732. 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Rubbed-out ms. inscription of previous owner on all letterpress title pages, illegible.
Booksellers annotations on front pastedown and front flyleaf of vol 1.
17th-century vellum laced case binding, possibly Dutch, laced at head and tail and five sewing supports; yapp edges; black morocco spine labels.
Title-leaves of vols 3 and 4 are transposed and the volume numbers corrected in ms.; volume numbers on spine labels accordingly incorrect.
Previously: Ce.2.01-Ce.2.04, De.1.13-De.1.6, Df.1.13-Df.1.16.
France Church history Early works to 1800.
Guignard, Jean, ? - -1676 printer.
Ménard, Pierre, active 1624 - 1657 printer.
France Paris.
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B37813