Barnaud (Nicolas) Le Cabinet du Roy de France, dans lequel il y a trois perles precieuses d'inestimable valeur: par le moyen desquelles sa Majesté s'en va le premier monarque du monde..., collation: ¶8 a-z A-S8 T2, woodcut decorative initials, final f. blank, lightly foxed throughout, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, 8vo (169 x 99mm.), no place, no printer, 1581. ⁂ First edition, first issue of this scathing criticism of the debauched church and rotten nobility, which Barnaud considered be to blame for the poor finances of France. It gives supposed numbers of sodomites, illegitimate children and prostitutes associated with the clergy, broken down by towns and religious orders. The author compares 16th century France with the reign of Caligula. References: Adams B219; Einaudi 296; Goldsmiths' 213.
Barnaud (Nicolas) Le Cabinet du Roy de France, dans lequel il y a trois perles precieuses d'inestimable valeur: par le moyen desquelles sa Majesté s'en va le premier monarque du monde..., collation: ¶8 a-z A-S8 T2, woodcut decorative initials, final f. blank, lightly foxed throughout, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, 8vo (169 x 99mm.), no place, no printer, 1581. ⁂ First edition, first issue of this scathing criticism of the debauched church and rotten nobility, which Barnaud considered be to blame for the poor finances of France. It gives supposed numbers of sodomites, illegitimate children and prostitutes associated with the clergy, broken down by towns and religious orders. The author compares 16th century France with the reign of Caligula. References: Adams B219; Einaudi 296; Goldsmiths' 213.
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