Du Haillan, De l'estat et sussez des affaires de France, Paris, 1580, French red morocco gilt for a member of the Forbin family

2 works in one volume, 8vo (172 x 105 mm). Roman type and italic type, 33 lines plus headline. collation: (1) ā⁸ ē⁸ a-z⁸ A-V⁸ X² (2) Aa-Cc⁸: 386 leaves. Woodcut printer's device on 2 title-pages, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, few passages marked in ink. (Marginal dampstaining, slight browning and spotting, title-page and first leaf of first work repaired at fore-edge, 20 mm tear without loss to head of a4 affecting a couple of letters, 20 mm marginal tear to foot of y1 not affecting text, second work becoming detached at foot.)

binding: Early seventeenth-century red morocco (180 x 124 mm), single gold fillet around sides, in centre circular gold stamp with arms, possibly of the Comte Forbin of Provence, spine with 3 full bands, impressed with single gilt fillet, 2-line title in gilt rectangle hatched by small gilt lozenges, edges speckled red (Binding slightly rubbed and with a few small stains, a few tiny wormholes to spine and upper joint).

provenance: Forbin family, Aix-en-Provence, Provence, arms on binding—Bernard Galateau & Pierre Poulain, Livres du XVe siècle à nos jours, Montignac-Lascaux (Dordogne), 23-25 August 2011, lot 795. acquisition: Purchased in 2011 from Bonnefoi Livres Anciens, Paris. references: USTC 7545