Traité historique de la Chambre des Comptes de Savoye. Justifié par Titres, Statuts, Ordonnances, Edicts, …

Five parts in one volume in-4º of [10] ff, 406 pp, [9] ff; half vellum with corners, hardback, smooth spine with title in ink.

First edition of this treatise on the customs and legislation of the duchy of Savoy, by François Capré de Megève (1620-1706), Secretary of State and Master Ordinary in the Chamber of Accounts of Savoy.

The work is dedicated to Christine de France, nicknamed Madame Royale, daughter of Henri IV and Marie de Médicis, Duchess of Savoy, widow of Duke Victor-Amédée I, Princess of Piedmont..

Divided into four parts, it includes the ancient state of the chamber, its statutes and regulations (1st part), its functions, jurisdictions and prerogatives (2nd part), the officers and councilors of the said chamber (3rd part), and finally the ceremonies, honors and commissions (4th part). It is followed by a treatise on the Holy Shroud of Turin.

Large title vignette engraved in intaglio by Antoine de Pienne at the request of Guillaume Barbier, the king's master printer, representing the royal arms of the house of Savoy.

Ex-libris Château de Sales in ink on the recto of the first endpaper. Brunet I, 1568