[BELLINGEN (Fleury de)].
Les Illustres proverbes historiques, ou Recueil de diverses questions curieuses, pour se divertir agréablement dans les Compagnies. Lyon, André Olyer, 1664. In-12, brown calf, double gilt fillet, smooth spine decorated (Period binding).
Nodier, Mélanges tirés d'une petite bibliothèque, 1829, pp. 128-129.
A collection of curious and sought-after proverbs presented in the form of a dialogue between a manant and a philosopher.
This Lyon edition is adorned with a large copper-engraved fold-out plate representing about twenty proverbs in action. The original had appeared in 1653 under the title Les Premiers essais de proverbes.
Engraved bookplate Max Donnhauser.
Crack at a fold of the plate and small tear without missing restored to it. Some foxing, margins a little short. Binding restored, spine redone.
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