DU BELLAY (Martin). Les mémoires. Paris, P. L'Huillier, 1569. In-folio, posthumous first edition illustrated with woodcut lettering and bandeaux. Large olive-tree printer's mark on title. Bound in full contemporary blond calf, the boards decorated with a central gilded cartouche and spandrels featuring interlacing on an azure background, double filleting, 6-ribbed spine, flowered caissons. A fully ruled copy with wide margins. Ex-libris Josy Mazodier. (stains and scratches, restorations to the binding, notably to the spine, spine ends, corners and headpieces, first quires protruding). Expert : Mr. Nicolas Asvisio