[NESTOR. Jean]. - Lot 262

[NESTOR. Jean]. History of the illustrious men of the House of Medici Paris. Charles Périer. 1564. 1 volume in-4, 18th century fawn basane, spine ribbed and decorated, title page. Minor soiling to some pages, spotting in the margin of the second text. First edition of this collection of exempla in honor of the Medici family. With a fold-out genealogical chart and 12 emblematic vignettes in the text, Handwritten period surcharges on the genealogy on ff. 227-233. Bound in suite: MARILLAC. Georges de : Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon [Paris. Abel Langelier. 1605], ff. 214-284. First edition of this important text written during the lifetime of the connétable de Bourbon, by his secretary, documenting Charles' life in exile. Ex-libris Jean-Baptiste Marduel, vicar at Saint-Nizier de Lyon.