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LEMAIRE DE BELGES (Jean). The Illustrations of Gaul and Singularities of Troy. S.l.n.d. [1510-1516-1517]. 3 parts in a gothic in-4 volume, vellum, title in ink on the back (19th century binding). Reunion of the first three (of five) books of the major work of the humanist and historiographer Jean Lemaire de Belges (1473-c. 1515), who attempts to prove, under cover of mythological and heroic fiction, that the Germans and Gauls are illustrious descendants of the inhabitants of the ancient city of Troy. The volume is composed of the following three gothic editions: 1) Lyon, Étienne Baland et Jacques Maillat, s.d. [c. 1510]. RARISSIVE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK, illustrated with 3 large full-page woodcuts: St. Peter and Religion in a boat, Hercules and his wife Galata, and the coat of arms of Princess Margaret Augustus, daughter of Maximilian of Austria (cf. Bechtel, L-138). 2) Paris, Nicolas Hygman for Geoffroy de Marnef, 1516. Third edition of the second book, described by Bechtel under the n°L-151, decorated at the end with the large coats of arms of Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne. 3) Paris, Enguilbert and Jean de Marnef, and Pierre Viart, July 1517. Third edition of the third book, described by Bechtel under n°L-158, decorated with 2 large full-page woodcuts : the queen enthroned under the features of Juno, and coats of arms of Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne. Some light foxing, old mention of ownership scratched on the general title which is soiled, traces of redaction on the plate featuring Hercules and Galata. Small tear without missing at the foot of the leaves b2-3 of the first book. The booklet by Pierre Champion, Le Canonicat pour Jean Lemaire de Belges à Lyon, published in 1926, is enclosed.
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LEMAIRE DE BELGES (Jean). The Illustrations of Gaul and Singularities of Troy. S.l.n.d. [1510-1516-1517]. 3 parts in a gothic in-4 volume, vellum, title in ink on the back (19th century binding). Reunion of the first three (of five) books of the major work of the humanist and historiographer Jean Lemaire de Belges (1473-c. 1515), who attempts to prove, under cover of mythological and heroic fiction, that the Germans and Gauls are illustrious descendants of the inhabitants of the ancient city of Troy. The volume is composed of the following three gothic editions: 1) Lyon, Étienne Baland et Jacques Maillat, s.d. [c. 1510]. RARISSIVE ORIGINAL EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK, illustrated with 3 large full-page woodcuts: St. Peter and Religion in a boat, Hercules and his wife Galata, and the coat of arms of Princess Margaret Augustus, daughter of Maximilian of Austria (cf. Bechtel, L-138). 2) Paris, Nicolas Hygman for Geoffroy de Marnef, 1516. Third edition of the second book, described by Bechtel under the n°L-151, decorated at the end with the large coats of arms of Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne. 3) Paris, Enguilbert and Jean de Marnef, and Pierre Viart, July 1517. Third edition of the third book, described by Bechtel under n°L-158, decorated with 2 large full-page woodcuts : the queen enthroned under the features of Juno, and coats of arms of Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne. Some light foxing, old mention of ownership scratched on the general title which is soiled, traces of redaction on the plate featuring Hercules and Galata. Small tear without missing at the foot of the leaves b2-3 of the first book. The booklet by Pierre Champion, Le Canonicat pour Jean Lemaire de Belges à Lyon, published in 1926, is enclosed.
