Nicole Gilles - Annales & Croniques de France - 1553

“Annales & Croniques de France” 1553.

Rare edition about the history and Chronicles of the French kings in 2 parts.
With woodcut title border and some portraits and small woodcuts, some of which repeat, as well as some large woodcuts and family trees.

The first 5 leaves show restoration traces and some light additions.
The title page has added missing parts, with a slight loss of the border.
With text loss on the back of the title, the missing text was added by hand afterwards.
Leaves 17-41 have at the bottom a continuous medium-sized spot, which at leaf 30 causes a slight defect, with some text loss.

At the beginning the pages have some stains.
Further back there are some marginal stains, as well as at the very end some larger continuous stains.
The last page carries some restorations and additions as well as small light defects with missing text, which was handwritten in.
The second title page was rebound.

The title page of the second part was bound incorrectly after the first title page at the beginning. Additionally, leaf 12 of the second part was bound incorrectly.

Bound in a half-leather binding of the 19th century with gilding on the spine. It is slightly rubbed and the lower edges are a bit bumped.

Collation: 7 (instead of 6) leaves, CXXX numbered leaves, 1 leaf, 1 leaf (leaf 12 of the 2nd part), 4 leaves (instead of 5 due to incorrectly bound second title page), CXXXXVIII numbered leaves (instead of CIL due to incorrectly bound leaf 12)

Dimensions: 33 x 22 cm