In 6 parts, each, except the first, with special title page; paging and signatures continuous Pts. 2 and 3 have imprint date 1580 Chesneau's oak tree device on t.p., incorporating his mark with the monogram NC; a smaller variant appears on the special t.p.'s. Headpieces. Tailpieces that incorporate Chesneau's mark with mongram. Initials Saint-Julien's arms appear on p. [24], 1st sequence, printed in red and black. The cut on p. 80 is a circular diagram of the governance of Burgundy, with its arms at the center The 6 double-page maps are birds-eye views of Dijon (preliminary gathering i²), Beaune (preliminary gathering õ²), Autun (following p. 192), Macon (following p. 230), Chalon (following p. 374), Tournus (following p. 500 and signed on the verso u). The first two are hinged in at the center fold, the remainder bound in at the left margin and folded. The map of Dijon is signed by Edoardus Bredin and dated 1574. The maps of Macon and Chalon are signed by R. Rancurel[lus], and that of Chalon is dated 1573. Mortimer notes that the maps had appeared previously in de Belleforest's revision of Sebastian Münster's Cosmographie universelle, published by Chesneau and Michel Sonnius in 1575 Colophon: Achevé d'imprimer a Paris par Henry Thierry, maistre imprimeur, le 10. iour de Iuin, 1581 Descriptive text on verso of maps of Dijon and Beaune; 4 sonnets by Pierre Tamisier on verso of map of Tournus Mortimer, R. French 16th cent. Sloan candidate Binding: later vellum The order of the pts. as published differs somewhat from that given on the t.p., and each pt. of Library's copy except the 5th is annotated at the end with directions to another pt. Thus below the text on p. 184 there occurs: Passer à la page 541. pour trouver le second livre de l'origine des Bourgongnons