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Libert et associés

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Estimation

€3,000 - 4,000

Sale fees

30%

[ANONYMOUS]. Milles et amys. Printed for Anthoine Verard, bookseller and merchant residing in Paris […], undated [circa 1509]. Small in-4° (185 x 242 mm), red morocco leather, wide border of gilded fillets and lace decorating the covers, fleur-de-lis and coat of arms in the center, decorated ribbed spine, gilt edges (late 19th-century binding). Text in two columns of 40 lines. Gothic typeface. 112 folios, signed: a4 & a-s6. Two large full-page woodcuts (ff. a1 & f.3v) and 49 small ones in the text; ornate initials; printer’s mark at the end of the volume. COPY IN RED MOROCCO LEATHER WITH THE SEILLIÈRE COAT OF ARMS FROM THE MELLO LIBRARY. Minor soiling on the title page and a few small foxing spots; last leaf (s6) is gilt. Seillière Sale, 637; Brunet, III, 1719–1720 (“The most valuable edition of this novel”); Bechtel, M-332 (which lists only 111 ff.).

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Auction details

Books & Graphic Works
Tuesday, November 10
02:00 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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Libert et associés +33 1 48 24 51 20 info@libert-associes.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 35,000 lots published

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