[Senlis] Les coustumes des duchez, contez et chastellenies de Senlis, Paris, 1544, contemporary French polished calf for Jacques de Monthiers

8vo (141 x 97 mm). Gothic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: A-X⁸ AA-GG⁸ HH⁴: 228 leaves. Title printed in red and black, woodcut portrait on final recto, woodcut printer's device on final verso, woodcut initials, some contemporary marginal numeration and a number of passages underlined. (Small repaired hole to outer margin of A1-4 slightly affecting a couple of letters, marginal staining to verso of final leaf, some very occasional light stains.)

binding: Contemporary French polished calf (152 x 110 mm), gilt fillet around sides, gilt oval arabesque ornament in centre, above and below which lettered "IACOBI / DE/ MONTHIERS" and "CONS . REG. / AC / L.SILVANECT. / PONTISAR" on upper cover and "CONSVETVDO / OPTIMA" and "LEGVM / INTERPRES" on lower cover, spine with full and 2 half bands, gilt rosette in compartments, 2 brass clasps, edges gilt. (Expertly rebacked and recornered, retaining most of original spine, some small stains to binding, endleaves lacking.)

provenance: Jacques de Monthiers, plausibly Lieutenant General at the town of Pointoise (1528-1589), name on binding—?"Duhanrel", early modern inscriptions to pastedown and final verso. acquisition: Purchased in 1991 from Rossignol, Paris. references: BP16 111647; USTC 37814