BERTET, Jean François. Les Lys de l'eloquence françoise. Lyon: Claude Morillon, 1613. 12° (147 x 78mm). [12], 729, [1], [12]p. Title device, woodcut initials, press ornaments. Green morocco by Chambolle-Duru, 1864, triple gilt fillets, gilt spine compartments directly lettered, gilt turn-ins, gilt and marbled edges, later supralibros. Provenance: Comte de Béhague (bookseller's note) -- purchased from Librería Babra, 1937.

BERTET, Jean François. Les Lys de l'eloquence françoise. Lyon: Claude Morillon, 1613. 12° (147 x 78mm). [12], 729, [1], [12]p. Title device, woodcut initials, press ornaments. Green morocco by Chambolle-Duru, 1864, triple gilt fillets, gilt spine compartments directly lettered, gilt turn-ins, gilt and marbled edges, later supralibros. Provenance: Comte de Béhague (bookseller's note) -- purchased from Librería Babra, 1937.

FIRST EDITION. 'Superbe exemplaire d'un livre fort rare et très curieux dans lequel on trouve des renseignements intimes sur les moeurs et la société au temps de Louis XIII ... Ravissante reliure' (bookseller's description loosely inserted). NO COPY LOCATED IN FRENCH LIBRARIES. OCLC records copies of this first edition in only Tübingen and Leipzig.