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Jacques CALLOT. Lux Claustri. La Lumière du cloistre, représentées par figures emblématiques, dessignées et grauées par Iacques Callot. A Paris, chez François Langlois dict Chartres, 1646, in-8 bound in full later fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated with fleurons, triple fillet framing on the boards, inner lace, red edges. Binding signed Kaufmann. Illustrated with 27 original figures by Callot. Skillful restoration to two corners of a leaf, without affecting the text. Second edition, the first with text, of this charming book of emblems by the French aquafortist and engraver Jacques Callot. Provenance: Libraries of René Choppin (heraldic ex-libris) and Dr. Desnos.
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Jacques CALLOT. Lux Claustri. La Lumière du cloistre, représentées par figures emblématiques, dessignées et grauées par Iacques Callot. A Paris, chez François Langlois dict Chartres, 1646, in-8 bound in full later fawn calf, spine ribbed and decorated with fleurons, triple fillet framing on the boards, inner lace, red edges. Binding signed Kaufmann. Illustrated with 27 original figures by Callot. Skillful restoration to two corners of a leaf, without affecting the text. Second edition, the first with text, of this charming book of emblems by the French aquafortist and engraver Jacques Callot. Provenance: Libraries of René Choppin (heraldic ex-libris) and Dr. Desnos.
