GAGUIN, Robert

GAGUIN, Robert
Compendium super Francorum gestis: ab ipso recognitum & auctum
In-f°, [6]-[169]-[5] ff, large engraved wood representing the arms of France framed with the main French provinces and in the center St. Denis and St. Rémy (small hole in the lower margin). "St-Denis had his head cut off, along with a crowd of Christians, at the place that bears the name of Montmartre, or Mont-des-Martyrs. God allowed that after the execution his body rose up by itself, to carry his head in his hands, two leagues from there, to the place called Saint-Denis, in remembrance of this memorable fact." Saint Remy baptized King Clovis. The wood is repeated at the end. Printer's mark Jehan Petit made of wood on the last sheet. Some anc. annotations. Slightly wet in the int. margins at the end of the flight. Binder in granite-grained calf (18th c.), richly gilded back, scratches on lower plate, remaining lower cover, worn corners, speckled edges
Ex libris Dr. H. Mignon, L. Froissart. Not in Adams, Machiels G-10, Bibl. Belg. G 282. The original edition dates from 1495, the 1504 edition is a reproduction of the Paris 1501 edition, with the 9 extra lines at the end. The humanist Robert Gaguin (1434-1501) was born in the Pas-de-Calais and joined the Order of the Holy Trinity. After moving to Paris in 1457, he travelled throughout Europe for his order. He visited Germany, Italy and England.
(Paris
G. Dealer for Jehan Petit
1504) Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.