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Small 8vo (137 x 92 mm) 8 nn.ll. including the illustrated title printed in red and black, CCCIII num. ll., 1 nn.l. with the printer’s device, 49 woodcut vignettes in the text. Late sixteenth-century French red morocco, flat spine gilt, gilt edges (some expert restorations to hinges and spine).
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Fairfax-Murray, Early French Books, 329 (this copy); Brun, p. 241; Moreau, III, 2124; Brunet, III, 1174; see En français dans le texte, 18.
First edition printed in round typeface. “Les exemplaires bien conservés sont rares et très recherchés” (Brunet).
This beautifully illustrated edition contains 50 vignettes (including title page), according to Fairfax Murray attributable to Geoffroy Tory : “There are 50 illustrations in text (including a few repeats) in the style of that on the title, a style which (in the case of the best examples) suggests that of Geoffroy Tory”.
Fine copy in a very attractive binding.
Provenance: H. Fabert (his signature on the half-title and his coded purchase – Fairfax-Murray (his library number 1055).
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