1514 - De origine et gestis Francorum usque ad Philippum Augustum libri V by Annonius .

Softcover. Condition: Good+. 1514. 

De origine et gestis Francorum usque ad Philippum Augustum libri V.

Paris: Jean Petit & Jodocus Badius Ascensius (Ascensian Press), 13 August 1514 (MDXIIII). Folio. Woodcut architectural title border with central Ascensian press device; Gothic type; five books.

Early Paris humanist history of the kings and nobles of the Franks through Philip Augustus, printed at the Ascensian press and sold by the prominent bookseller Jean Petit. A characteristic production of Badius, with the well-known “Prelum Ascensianum” device on the title page and dated colophon.

Removed from binding; general toning and light dampstaining, heavier at margins; edges irregular as issued; overall sound and complete. A solid early 16th-century Paris folio.