FERRAND, David - Inventaire général de la Muse normande, div - Lot 116

FERRAND, David - Inventaire général de la Muse normande, divisée en XXVIII. parties. Où sont descrites plusieurs batailles, assauts, prises de villes, guerres estrangeres, victoires de la France, histoires comiques, esmotions populaires, grabuges, & choses remarquables arrivées à Roüen depuis quarante années. Rouen, chez l'autheur, 1655. Pet. in-8, (8) ff, 484 pp, second title page 63, one doubled leaf with small marg. losses, paper yellowed, qqs. ff. trimmed short, ex. washed with faded printing and disgorgements, pl. maroquin rouge, triple fil. dor. on boards, ornate ribbed spine, dent. int., tr. dor. FRÈRE I, 462. First collective edition of the periodical La Muse Normande, dedicated to the Duc de Longueville. Like this one, it is divided into 28 parts dated from 1621 to 1652 and is a kind of gazette written in Norman patois, but with textual differences. ''An invaluable compendium for those who want to know about the customs and spirit of the people of Rouen, and the main events that took place in Rouen in the first half of the 17th century''.