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From the library of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

MARLOT, Guillaume (& FLODOARDUS REMENSIS).
Metropolis Remensis historia, a Frodoardo primum arctius digesta, nunc demum aliunde accersitis plurimum aucta, et illustrata, et ad nostrum hoc saeculum fideliter deducta. Tomus I; [Title of vol. 2:] Metropolis Remensis historia. Sive supplementum Frodoardi, ab anno CMLXX. Ad nostram aetatem fideliter et accurate productum.

Titles with woodcut vignettes, vol. 1 with one full-page beautiful engraving of the facade of the Cathedral of Rheims and 6 half-page engravings in text, 3 of which are signed by J. Dassonneville, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials.

Titles with woodcut vignettes, vol. 1 with one full-page beautiful engraving of the facade of the Cathedral of Rheims and 6 half-page engravings in text, 3 of which are signed by J. Dassonneville, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials.

Titles with woodcut vignettes, vol. 1 with one full-page beautiful engraving of the facade of the Cathedral of Rheims and 6 half-page engravings in text, 3 of which are signed by J. Dassonneville, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials.

Titles with woodcut vignettes, vol. 1 with one full-page beautiful engraving of the facade of the Cathedral of Rheims and 6 half-page engravings in text, 3 of which are signed by J. Dassonneville, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials.

Titles with woodcut vignettes, vol. 1 with one full-page beautiful engraving of the facade of the Cathedral of Rheims and 6 half-page engravings in text, 3 of which are signed by J. Dassonneville, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials.



Lille, Nicolas de Rache, 1666 (vol. I) & Reims, Protasius Lelorain, 1679 (vol. 2). 2 vols. Folio. Vol. 1: Dated binding: full calf, spine gilt in compartments with the gilt coat-of-arms of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI in the centre of both sides, on the front cover dated '1740', gilt edges; vol. 2: contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with two red morocco title labels lettered in gold. Titles with woodcut vignettes, vol. 1 with one full-page beautiful engraving of the facade of the Cathedral of Rheims and 6 half-page engravings in text, 3 of which are signed by J. Dassonneville, woodcut head- and endpieces, woodcut initials. (14), 668, (16); (8), 1-754, (2), 755-858, (2), 867-886, (28) pp.

First edition of this extensive history of Reims by Guillaume Marlot, who was prior of St. Nicaise of Reims. Inserted in vol. II (between pp. 754/55, and 858/867) are additions to the list of bishops to the year 1714, printed in Rheims, 27 June 1714 by Charuel. A re-issue of this Lille/Rheims edition appeared in 1680 in Paris with Ant. Dezallier. The 3 half-page engravings, two of Roman reliefs and one with the archbishop of Rheim receiving his bishops are signed by Jacques Dassonville (or Dassonneville; 1619-1670), a French or Flemish painter and etcher.
Vol. 1 is in fact a very enlarged edition of the historical works, especially his Historia Remensis ecclesiae,  of Flodoardus Remensis (894-966), also known as Flodoard of Rheims, or Frodoard of Rheims; vol. 2 is a continuation by Marlot from 970 till his own times.
Guillaume Marlot (Reims 1596- Fives 1667) wrote some other historial works, also on Reims and its history, a.o. Monasterii Sancti Nicasii Rhemensis (1651), and Le tombeau du grand Saint Remy, apostre tutélaire des François (Reims, 1647).

Interesting provenance:
Vol. 1: with the gilt coat-of-arms of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1686-1740), King of Bohemia (as Karel II.) and Hungary -Croatia (as Károly III.) from 1711 to 1740. From 1703 to 1711 he was an active claimant to the throne of Spain as Charles III. After his older brother the Emperor Joseph I died suddenly in 1711, Charles returned to Vienna. He succeeded immediately as King of Hungary-Croatia and King of Bohemia. Later that year he was elected Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt.
Apart from this royal provenance there is an erased ownership's entry on the half-title from 1785 and a printed label of Dr. Aubert, Paris.
Vol. 2 has two ownership's entries: one on the title: 'Lespagnol de Vilette' and on the first fly-leaf this owner gives the book to 'Mr. Henry Lespagnol, le 8 Janvier 1804'.
Good set.- (Bindings used; covers of vol. I loosening).
Cioranescu II, 45985; Brunet III, 1438 ('ouvrage peu commun, et qui renferme des documents curieux'; he mentions a copy in the Lancelot cat. (n. 392) also containing the 1714 additions); Thieme-Becker 8, p. 416; Jadart, H., Dom Guillaume Marlot, historien de Reims 1596-1667, sa famille, sa vie et ses oeuvres, son monument à Saint-Remi de Reims (Reims,1892).

Related Subjects: 17th Century  Bindings  Church History  French  History  Provenance 

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