LENFANT, Jacques (1661-1728)

Histoire du Concile de Pise: et de ce qui s'est passé de plus mémorable depuis ce Concile jusqu'au Concile de Constance. Enrichie de portraits

      chez Pierre Humbert, Amsterdam 1724 - First Edition, two volumes in one. 4to; liii, 366; 327, [31]pp., plus 16 full-page copper-engraved plates, including a portrait of the author by J. Houbraken after A. Pesne, one of the Prussian queen, and 13 of the Council's participants. Separate title-pages in red and black, with superbly engraved vignette of the city of Pisa. Printed marginalia, bibliographical references and index. Includes also "Declaration de Charles VI, roi de France par laquelle le duc de Bourgogne est décláre ennemi de l'Etat" (vol. 2, pp. 298-302). Bound in the original full French calf, the spine in seven compartments, richly gilt, divided by raised bands, with a red morocco lettering piece; all edges speckled red. Early armorial engraved bookplate of John Orlebar of the Middle Temple on verso of the title-page. Remarkably clean and fresh inside and out with dark, rich impressions of the plates: a truly exemplary wide-margined copy. OCLC Number: 23619971. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]