Council of Trent

Concili Tridentini restitutioni seu continuationi, à Pio III. Pontifice... 1562. indictae. [Geneva]: Gabriel Carterius, 1597

2 works in one volume, 8vo (172 x 101mm.), seventeenth-century calf with gilt arms of Jacques-Auguste de Thou [Olivier pl.216/8] on covers, spine gilt in compartments with de Thou's IAGG monogram, some wear to extremities, joints slighly worn

Jacques-Auguste de Thou, armorial binding; Rohan-Soubise library, shelfmark on upper cover and front pastedown; Law Society, armorial bookplate

Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), the diplomat most famous for negotiating the Edict of Nantes, was also a celebrated bibliophile whose library contained over 8000 printed books. Jean-Jacques Charon, marquis de Menars, acquired most of de Thou's books in 1679; in the eighteenth century de Thou's library passed to the Rohan-Soubise family (whose distinctive shelfmark is in this volume) before it was finally dispersed in the sale of the library of the Prince de Soubise in 1789.

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From the library of the French diplomat and historian Jacques-Auguste de Thou. For another de Thou binding, see lot 94.