forbids under strict penalties any other publisher save “Iean Pillehotte, marchand Libraire de Lyon,” to print or to sell any copy (save those of Pillehotte’s printing) for a term of ten years. This patent was “Donné à Fontaine-Bleau, le xxj d’Octobre, 1603,” and signed by Henry IV in Council. It had been granted owing to the fact that in 1603 the Discours des Sorciers appeared both at Paris (D. Binet, Seconde édition) and at Rouen (Martin le Mesgissier). In spite of the prohibition the Discours was printed in duodecimo at Rouen twice during the year 1606, in the spring by Jean Osmont, and in the autumn by R. de Beauvais. At Lyons Pillehotte published new octavo editions in 1605 and 1607. At Lyons, again, Pierre Rigaud issued a “Seconde édition” in 1608, 3 volumes; and a “Troisième édition” in 1610, “trois parties en un tome”; both octavo. The last issue seems to have been that of Pillehotte, 8vo, Lyons, 1611.
