[SORBIN (Arnaud)].

Oraison funèbre de noble Paul de Caussade, Seigneur de S. Maigrin, Gentilhomme ordinaire de la Chambre du Roy, Maistre de camp de la Cavallerie legere de France. Pronounced in the Church of S. Paul, en Paris, le 25 de Juillet, 1578. Paris, Guillaume Chaudière, 1578. In-8, glazed blond calf, triple gilt fillet, ornate spine, black parts, interior lace, gilt edges (Petit succr de Simier). First edition. Funeral oration for Paul de Stuer de Caussade, Marquis de Saint-Mégrin (1554-1578), one of Henri III's sweethearts. He was murdered for having been the lover of Catherine de Clèves, duchess of Guise, wife of Henri de Lorraine, known as le Balafré, probably by the latter's people. A fine copy, well bound in glazed calf. Beginning of a split at one joint. Hinges rubbed. Picot, Rothschild, n°343. - Diane Barbier-Mueller, Inventaire..., n°943.