Sandys, Relation de l'Estat de la religion, Geneva, Pierre Aubert, 1626, contemporary limp ivory vellum

Sandys, Edwin, Sir. Relation de l'Estat de la religion, et par quels desseins, et artifices, elle a esté forgée, & gouvernee en divers Estats de ces parties Occidentales du monde. Tirée de l'Anglois, du Chevalier E. Sandis. Avec des additions notables. Geneva: Pierre Aubert, 1626

For the original English editions (STC 21715–21717), see Theodore K. Rabb, "The Editions of Sir Edwin Sandys's Relation of the State of Religion," Huntington Library Quarterly 26 (1963), pp. 323–336 (14 editions in four languages).

4to (165 x 97 mm). Roman type, 33 lines plus headline. collation: ¶⁴ A-Z⁴ Aa-Ss⁴: 184 leaves. Woodcut Aldine device to title. (Marginal tear to P3, areas of light dampstaining.)

binding: Contemporary limp ivory vellum (168 x 105 mm), flat spine with six-line manuscript title and with "Hist. ecclésiastique" in ink across upper cover. (A little soiled with some loss to upper corner of lower cover.)

provenance: Unidentified owner, inscription "franciscūa Chavlea Parisinua 1657" on title-page — unidentified owner, black inkstamp on endleaf of a lion rampant holding a banner in its jaws (lettering illegible) — Henry-Auguste Brölemann (1775- 1869), ex libris. acquisition: Purchased from Librairie l'Ancre Aldine, Lyon, 2018. references: USTC 6702030 / 6702003