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Schöpflin, Joh(ann) Daniel. Dissertatio historica de Burgundia Cis- et Trans-Jurana.

With title vignette in woodcut. Title, 76 pp., 6 unn. pp. Index. 4to. Contemp. half calf with spine title. – Argentorati (Strasbourg), Jo. Rheinhold Dulssecker, 1731.

History of the French region Burgundy, written by Johann Daniel Schöpflin (1694–1771). Schöpflin was professor of history and rhetoric at the university of Strasbourg with connections to the French court. He divided his historical account into three chapters: The kingdom of Burgundy, Merovingian Burgundy and Carolingian Burgundy. – Spine with defects, binding rubbed. Old library label on front board. Hist. notes on inner front board, inner front hinge cracked. Minor foxing on first few pages. – Best.-Nr. 27394