GRÉGOIRE DE TOURS. Historiae francorum libri decem. Paris, G - Lot 157

GRÉGOIRE DE TOURS. Historiae francorum libri decem. Paris, Guillaume Morel, G. Guillard and Amaulry Warrancore, 1561. 1 vol. in-8. Full 18th-century fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece. [16]ff, 639pp, [16]ff. Reprint of the Histoire des Francs by Saint Grégoire de Tours, the father of French history. The Chronique universelle de Saint Adon, announced in the title, is not bound in this copy. A fine edition from the presses of Guillaume Morel, the king's printer for Greek since 1555, and a worthy successor to Robert Estienne. > Handwritten bookplate on title page: Lebègue. A good copy. Smudging in lower margin at beginning of book. Some leaves cut short at upper margin.