[ESTIENNE (Charles)]. La Guide des chemins de France. A Pari - Lot 114

[ESTIENNE (Charles)]. La Guide des chemins de France. A Paris, Chez Charles Estienne, Imprimeur, 1552. Small in-12 (90 x 144 mm), red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing the boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (Trautz-Bauzonnet). [8] ff. + 207 pp. Veue, corrigee & augmentee pour la seconde fois" (p. 1) edition of this work, which not only indicates the roads of France, but also gives "the names of towns and villages according to their ancient etymology and as they were written then, before they were altered by corruption" (Brunet). Engraved bookplate, unidentified. Some old dampstaining. A GOOD COPY IN RED MOROCCO BY TRAUTZ-BAUZONNET. Brunet, II, 1808-1809; Barbier, II, 587. See reproduction