226 [AUVERGNE]. SYMEON (Gabriel). Description de la Limagne - Lot 226

226 [AUVERGNE]. SYMEON (Gabriel). Description de la Limagne d'Avvergne en forme de dialogve, auec plusieurs medailles, statues, oracles, epitaphes, sentences, & autres choses memorables, & non moins plaisantes que proufitables aux amateurs de l'Antiquité. Translated from the Italian by Antoine CHAPPUYS. In Lyon, by Guillaume Rouille, 1561. In-8°, brown morocco, double framed with Du Seuil-style cold-stamped fillets on the boards, cold-stamped coat of arms in the center, decorated ribbed spine (period binding). FIRST EDITION. One large folded map and a few woodcuts in the text, including one full-page figure. Some damage (notably to headpieces and corners); brown spots and wetness; left side tear on map, not missing. COPY IN CONTEMPORARY MOROCCO, BEARING THE ARMS OF CLAUDE II de L'AUBESPINE, Secretary of State (1510-1567), Lord of Chateauneuf-sur-Cher. Brunet, V, 392.