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[France] - TURONICUS, Gregorius - Historiae Francorum libri decem. In quibus non solum Francorum...

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[France] - TURONICUS, Gregorius - Historiae Francorum libri decem. In quibus non solum Francorum...
[France] - TURONICUS, Gregorius - Historiae Francorum libri decem. In quibus non solum Francorum res gestae, sed etiam Martyrum cum infidelibus bella, & Ecclesiae cum haereticis concertationes exponentur [and] ADONIS VIENNENSIS - Chronica. Paris, Guillaume Morel for himself, Guillaume Guillard & Almaric Warancore, 1561 [bound with] ID. - De gloria martyrum libri duo [and] De gloria confessorum. Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1 Dec. 1563. 2 works in 1 vol., 8vo, contemp. limp overlapping vellum, vellum endpapers, bottom edge titled, I : 2 parts: [32]-639-[33], [4]-247-[37] pp. (blank t8 present, 1st work stained, blank lower part of 1st title torn off). II : [16]-265 (=307)-[1] pp. (blank *8 and M8 present). Good copy. € 250/400 I : Main work by the great medieval historian Gregory, Bishop of Tours (540-594), being the 1st extensive history of the early Merowingian reigns. With the additional chronicle by Ado, bishop of Vienne (800-875). Woodcut ill. on titles. Ownership entry deleted on 1st title. Ref. Adams G-1129. Machiels G-490. STCFrench (BL London) p. 207. II : Very rare edition of Gregory of Tours' martyrological works. Ownership entries on titlepage, some contemp. ms. marginal notes and reader's marks all over. Ref. STCFrench (BL London) p. 207. Not in Adams, Machiels.