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Bref et sommaire recueil de ce qui a esté faict...à la joyeuse & triumphante entree de...Prince Charles IX...en sa bonne ville & cité de Paris...le mardy sixiesme jour de mars.


Entrée. Charles IX into Paris, March 6, 1571.
Woodcuts by: Olivier Codoré (French, died in 1588)
After: Jean Cousin II (French, 1522–1594)
Author: Simon Bouquet (French, 16th century)
Printer: Denys Du Pré (French, active 1562–1594)
Publisher: Olivier Codoré (French, died in 1588)
1572
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 16 woodcuts
Dimensions Overall: 24.7 x 16.2 x 1.5 cm (9 3/4 x 6 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number63.139
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Denis Du Pré, for Olivier Codoré, 1572

Catalogue Raisonné Brunet II, 1001-1002; Murray, French, 152; Mortimer, French, 205-206
Description(Paris: Denis Du Pré, for Olivier Codoré, 1572) Quarto; 102 leaves; contemporary gilt-stamped limp vellum (beige cloth box).

Illustrations of triumphal arches, statues, etc.
ProvenanceJean Balesdens [Ballesdens] (d. 1675), librarian to Chancellor Séguier (signature on front pastedown and title); William H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by MFA, February 13, 1963.