Rosières (françois De) - Stemmatum Lotharingiae.... Guillaume Chaudière, 1580, Modern Binding

ROSIÈRES (François de) - Stemmatum lotharingiae ac barri ducum tomi septem. Ab antenore Trojanarum reliquiarum ad paludes Maeotidas Rege, ad haec usque illustrimi, potentissimi & serenissimi Caroli Tertii Ducis Lotharingiae tempora. In quibus praeterea habes totius orbis nobiliorum familiarum, ac rerum ubique gentium praeclare gestarum a supremis pontificibus, impertoribus orientis & occidentis regibus ducibus comitibus, etiam turcis & barbaris, perutile compendium, mirabile theatrum & ad vivum ex selectiddimus & gravissimus quibusque chronographis & historicis delmeatum simulacrum: ut instar BIBLIOTHECA OMNIUM HISTORIARUM esse possit. Paris, Apud Guilielmum Chaudiere, 1580; in-folio, XXXII-462 pp. + index, errata, modern binding imitating a Dutch binding, full vellum, the first 10 pages have the margins restored. A superb printer's mark with , in a medallion, a winged devil waving the scythe of time, with an hourglass at his side. Complete with family trees including a leaflet. Rare work and very complete with its seven parts announced in the title in Latin. The author, born in Bar-le-Duc, tried to prove, using false or altered documents, that the princes of Lorraine were directly descended from Charlemagne. He was brought before Parliament, condemned, imprisoned in the Bastille, his work lacerated, despite the fact that the author had obtained royal privilege. However, he was released in 1583. It is rare for a book to have been the subject of so much controversy. Many genealogists have dismantled François de Rosières' theses, but none of these authors have specified what part of the text was false… It is true that Rosières traced the Lorraine family back to Anténore. The person most hostile to Rosières was none other than the King of France who, at that time, was master of Lorraine. He charged many genealogists to reduce Rosières' work to nothing and, moreover, he had the titles of nobility of the Dukes of Lorraine searched for which were found at La Mothe and which were hidden from all eyes. As Rosières was highly esteemed by the Dukes from Lorraine, he retired to the region. At his death, the canons of Toul, to honor his memory, erected a mausoleum in the cathedral, which was surmounted by his statue and his personal genealogy. Rare and good copy.