NOSTREDAME, César de. L'histoire et chronique de Provence de - Lot 43

NOSTREDAME, César de. L'histoire et chronique de Provence de Caesar de Nostradamus où passent de temps en temps et en bel ordre les anciens poëtes, personnages et familles illustres. Lyon, Simon Rigaud for the Société Caldorienne, 1614. 1 vol. in-folio. Calf completely damaged, spine split, binding as is. In-text spotting. First edition of this important history of Provence, written by César de Nostredame, son of the famous Nostradamus. "This first history of Provence deserves to be preserved, especially because of the account the author gives of the troubles he had witnessed" (Brunet IV, 109). The illustration consists of a handsome title engraved by Dubraye, framed with large allegories of the cities of Aix, Marseille, Arles and Avignon, an unsigned engraved portrait of the author, and woodcut coats of arms and ornaments in the text. (uncollated)