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La République des Suisses. Comprinse en deux livres.
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Contemporary full vellum binding with inked titles to the spine, and the monogram ('HL') and Viscount's coronet of Henry Yelverton, 1st Viscount de Longueville (1664-1704) to the front and rear boards. Vellum is a little darkened, but substantially sound. Woodcut medallion on title with the coat of arms of the 13 cantons and 7 cities, second medallion on leaf 16 verso, showing the oath of the first three confederates (repeated on last leaf verso). Loosely inserted is a hand written sheet, in English, explaining the work, and naming the cantons and states in the medallion. 16 leaves, 562 pp., 12 leaves. First French edition of Josias Simler's (1530-1576) main work, his "Republica Helvetiorum". Until the end of the old Confederation, it was the most popular book on Swiss constitutional law, published one year after the first Latin edition in Zurich in 1576. The handwritten note states that it was translated by the jurist Innocent Gentillet (died in Geneva around 1595). It deals with public, political, and social order. In the first part, Simler offers a history of the confederacies, similar to the chronicles of Stumpf and Tschudi. The second part is a complete and lively presentation of the Swiss Confederation during his own times. Complete. 15cm x 10cm. Henry Yelverton, 1st Viscount de Longueville (1664 -1704) inherited the title of 15th Baron Grey of Ruthin in 1679. He supported William of Orange during his invasion in 1688, and in 1690 was created Viscount de Longueville. He amassed a substantial library which remained in his family until dispersals in the late 18th century. .
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1 vol. petit in-8 reliure pleine basane marron, dos à 5 nerfs dorés orné, Pour Antoine Chupin & François le Preux, 1577, 16 ff., 562 pp., 13 ff., avec 3 médaillons (dont un en titre) rehaussés en couleur, Titre complet : La République des Suisses. Comprinse en deux livres, contenans le gouvernement de Suisse, d'estat public des treize Cantons & de leurs Confèderez en général & en particulier, leurs bailliages & iurisidctions, l'origine & les conditions de toutes leurs alliances, leurs batailles, victoires, conquestes & autres gestes mémorables, depuis l'Empereur Raoul de Habsbourg iusques à Charles le Quint, Descrite en Latin par Josias Simler de Zurich

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