Du Choul, Guillaume [c1496-1560]

DISCOURS DE LA RELIGION DES ANCIENS ROMAINES, [AND] DE LA CASTRAMETATION & DISCIPLINE MILITAIRE D'ICEUX, DE BAINS & ANTIQUES EXERCITATIONS GRECQUES & ROMAINES [two volumes bound as one]

Lyon: Guilliaume Rouille, 1581. Quarto; vg+/none; brown leather spine with gilt lettering and six raised bands; expertly rebacked; quarter-bound with brown cloth boards; Spine brown leather with title labeled "Religion des Romains"; 2 parts, separately titled; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; letterpress texture; ex libris, signature, title page, ancient hand; varied foxing, mild general toning; illus, title pages with heraldic devices; enlarged chapter capital letters, 5 full woodcut plates, 42 smaller woodcut figures, 554 medallions [annotated catalog of ancient coin collection]; first pages, light water staining, tail-edge corner; --v1, 339 pp., 56 pp., index; --v2, "Castrametation," 154 pp.; 9 pp., index; 41 full page military plates; 2 small woodcuts; some internal closed tears without loss; Roman Baths, 3 full plates and 3 small woodcuts; else very good; ---TEXT IN FRENCH. Shelved in Case 9.

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Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $720