Esprinchard, L'histoire des empereurs romains, [Geneva], 1600, French morocco gilt with the Tyrac de Marcellus family arms

ESPRINCHARD, JACQUES. L'histoire des empereurs romains Jules Caesar jusques à Rodolphe II. [Geneva:] Samuel Crespin, 1600

FRENCH BINDING WITH THE TYRAC DE MARCELLUS FAMILY ARMS.

2 parts in one volume, 8vo (173 x 95 mm). Roman type, 40 lines plus headline. Collation: ¶⁸ 2¶⁸ 3¶⁴ a-2x⁸ 2y⁴ 2z⁸ 3a⁸ 3b⁴; *⁸ 2*⁸ 3a-4p⁸ 4q⁴: 400 + 392 leaves. Title-pages to each part, each with woodcut printer's device, ruled in red throughout. (Some marginal dampstaining, small marginal tear to g3 without loss.)

Binding: French brown morocco (179 x 108 mm), plausibly contemporary, bearing the arms of Tyrac de Marcellus (OHR 2372) within a gold wreath on both covers, double gilt fillet around sides, flat spine, 6 false bands composed of three gilt fillets, title in second compartment “HISTOIRES DES / EMPEREVRS / ROMAINS”, gilt flower on stem with leaves in other compartments, plain edges gilt.

Provenance: Tyrac de Marcellus, family arms to covers—"achevé de lire le 4 May 1608", inscription to upper endleaf—sale, Bernard Oger et Adrien Blanchet & Michel Siegelbaum, Paris, 28 February 2013, lot 118. Acquisition: Purchased in 2016 from Librairie Chamonal, Paris. References: GLN 4113; (1) USTC 48696; (2) USTC 59311