TRESORS LITTERAIRES DE LA RENAISSANCE- PARTIE 2

Lot 1 - ALPHABETICAL TABLE We have disregarded blank leaves in the collations, except when they are placed in the body of the work.

No estimate

Lot 221 - (1547). BOCCACE (Giovanni). DELLA GENEALOGIA DE GLI DEI LIBRI QUINDECI. Venice, Comino da Trino, 1547. In-4° of [8]-286-[18] leaves, stiff vellum (contemporary binding). Second edition of the translation by Giuseppe Betussi (1520-1575), first published in Venice in 1545. Born in Bassano, a close friend of Pierre Aretin and translator of Boccaccio, he went on to manage Giolito's printing works in Venice. This "Genealogy of the Gods" is divided into 15 books and contains the entire mythological system of the ancients. It deals with gods, goddesses, genies, demigods and heroes, who are said to be the children of the gods. The last 2 books contain the definition of poetry, its origin and its usefulness. Boccaccio worked on them for over twenty-five years. Copy a little out of its binding, small repair to the title and last introductory leaf with a hole, wetness on the first few leaves (USTC, 814826, 11 ex.).

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Lot 222 - (1547). HOLBEIN. ICONES HISTORIARUM VETERIS TESTAMENTI. Lyon, Jean Frellon, 1547. Small in-4° of 52 leaves, fawn calf on wood, set of cold fillets on the boards, spine with 3 nerves (Josse Schavye, handwritten signature). This new edition of Holbein's Bible Figures contains 98 FIGURES, 6 more than the 1538 edition; the 4 Evangelist figures on the verso of the penultimate leaf appear here for the first time. There are two different editions of this work. This one, with its highly inked proofs, belongs to the second edition, with the word Emendatiores in the title unhyphenated. A quatrain by Gilles Corrozet in French is placed under each figure, and a commentary in Latin occupies the top of each page. Fine paper repairs to the margins of 2 leaves, a fine copy with large margins. (USTC 47522, 2 copies) (Brunet II, 252) (Mortimer, French n°282) (Baudrier V, 209).

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 223 - (1547). LESCUT (Nicole de). INSTITUTIONS IMPERIALES, le tout mis en françois par Maistre Nicole de Lescut, secrétaire du Duc de Lorraine. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1547. In-16, 661-[1] pages, basane, ornate spine, red pages (18th century binding). Rare. First French translation in prose; the text of the Institutions is printed in roman, the glosses in italics. Some pages foxed and trimmed short at head with slight loss, headbands worn, spidering, last leaf soiled (Cartier no. 93) (USTC 29616, 8 copies).

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 224 - (1547). MARGUERITE DE NAVARRE. MARGUERITE DES PRINCESSES. Lyon, Jean de Tournes 1547. 2 volumes in-12 of 541-[2] and 342-[2] pages, ruby morocco, triple gilt fillet, richly decorated ribbed spines, emerald morocco lining, double guard, gilt edges (M. Godillot). The most sought-after edition of these poems, "of which well-preserved copies are rare" says Brunet. It was published by Jehan de la Haye, valet de chambre to the Queen. Only the miroir de l'Ame pécheresse and the fable du faux Cuyder, containing the story of the Nymphs of Diana, had been published previously. The tale entitled "La coche" is illustrated with 10 vignettes (45 x 71) by Bernard Salomon. "The first, depicting an assembly of lords and ladies in an extensive landscape, is a masterpiece of wood engraving for the astonishing finesse of the carvings, the science of the foliage, the balance of the planes..." (Brun). A very fine copy with wide margins (H. 168 mm) in perfect bindings by Marcel Godillot, who worked for Marot-Rodde, then settled in Paris from 1938 to 1975 (Tchémerzine IV, 366) (Rothschild n°626) (Cartier n°105) (Mortimer French, n°365. Tirage A.) (Brun, le livre ill. p. 245).

Estim. 3 000 - 5 000 EUR

Lot 224.2 - (1548). ISOCRATE. ORATIONES OMNES... E GRAECO IN LATINUM CONVERSAE PER HIERONYMUM WOLFIUM OETINGENSEM. Basel, Jean Oporin, 1548. 2 parts of [12]-251-1bl.-[12]-281 col.-[20] pages bound in 1 volume in-folio, fawn calf, boards decorated with a rich composition of gilded interlacing with azure fleurons, scroll enhanced with black wax surrounded by three framing gilded fillets, central cartouche adorned with a gilded crowned M, ribbed spine adorned with fleurons, gilded edges, red morocco case sheathed in emerald moire, gilded clasps (period binding). First edition of the Latin translation and scholarly commentary by Jerome Wolf (1516-1580), librarian to the famous banker Fugger. SUPERB, EXTREMELY ELEGANT PAINTED BINDING, produced between 1549 and 1551 for Thomas Wotton by one of the greatest Parisian workshops of the mid-16th century. The copy, entirely ruled in red ink, comes from the Charles Van der Elst library, with ex-libris, and is preserved in a modern red morocco box decorated with gilded fillets indicating in large gilded characters that it belonged to Mary Stuart. (Michel Wittock VI Collection) (USTC, 668091).

Estim. 10 000 - 12 000 EUR

Lot 225 - (1548). ESPENCE (Claude Togniel d'). TRAICTE CONTRE L'ERREUR VIEL ET RENOUVELLE DES PREDESTINEZ. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1548. In-12, [8]-202-[4] pages, basane, ornate ribbed spine (18th century binding). First edition of this manual against Calvinists, a virulent attack by Claude Togniel, sieur d'Espence, born in 1511 in Châlons en Champagne. He took part in the Poissy colloquy in 1561, where he crossed swords with Théodore de Bèze. Fine italic printing by Jean de Tournes. (Cartier n°113) (USTC 11138). Bound in suite: RABANI (Mauri). DE PRAEDESTINATIONE DEI ADVERSUS GOTHESCALCUM. Epistolae III. Nunc primum in lucem editae. Paris, Seb. Cramoisy, 1647. [12]-111-[3] pages. 2 works bound in 1 volume. Very worn binding.

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Lot 226 - (1548). ALCIAT (A). EMBLEMATA. Lyon, G. Rouille, 1548. In-8, 164-[4] pages, brown calf, gilt Renaissance medallion at center of covers, gilt fillet, spine ribbed (later binding). A famous collection of illustrated quatrains, extraordinarily popular in the 16th century, from which the artists of the day drew their allegorical interpretations of symbols. These 129 EMBLEMS, attributed to Le Petit-Bernard, are large (65 x 60 mm) and presented in handsome, wide frames. They appear here for the first time and are by Lyon artist Pierre Vase. Washed and rebound copy, pages stained, hinges worn, marginal restorations on 3 leaves, last 3 leaves missing (L, L3, L4) (Baudrier IX, 144) (Praz, 250) (USTC, 15001).

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Lot 227 - (1548). BEZE (Théodore de). POEMATA. Paris, Conrad Bade for Robert Estienne, 1548. In-8, 100 pages, paperback, later marbled paper covers. Rare first edition of this collection of Latin poems adorned with a fine woodcut portrait of Théodore de Bèze at the age of 29; it contains a few libertine pieces that disappeared from later editions. Penciled MR initials on title. Corners rubbed, darkening of the outer margin of the entire volume (Renouard, Estienne, 148-16) (USTC, 150109, 27 ex.).

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 228 - (1548). JUSTIN. EX TROGI POMPEII HISTORIIS EXTERNIS LIBRI XXXXIIII. Item ex sex. Aurelio Victore De vita et moribus Romanorum Imperatorum epitome. Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1548. In-16, 418-[42] pages, brown calf, spine ribbed (18th century binding). Fine impression by Gryphe. Handwritten bookplate Sebastianus Margnieris on title and marginal annotations on several leaves. Spine faded (USTC 150026, 8 copies) (Baudrier VIII, 223).

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 229 - (1548). CATULLE - TIBULLE - PROPERCE. HIS ACCESSERUNT CORN. GALLI FRAGMENTA. Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1548. In-16, 336 pages, boards entirely covered with white, blue, lemon and red wax listels forming compartments with geometric decorations on a background of gilded dotted lines, with coats of arms also mosaicked in the center of the boards, smooth mosaic spine interspersed with dotted lines, gilded and chased edges (antique binding with later decoration). Fine Lyon italic printing, ruled with abundant contemporary handwritten annotations in the first part. The copy is entirely ruled in red. An astonishing and rare binding, whose rich wax decoration can with certainty be attributed to THEODORE HAGUE (1823-1891), a forger who specialized in this field. He fooled a large number of connoisseurs, including the wealthy American John Blacker, who unknowingly purchased many of these faked bindings! A large part of his library was dispersed in London in 1897 by his son. Fine condition (Baudrier VIII, 220) (USTC, 149939).

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 230 - (1548). CICERON. OFFICIORUM LIBRI III. Venice, François Bindoni and Maffeo Pasini, 1548. In-folio of [6]-247 leaves, stiff vellum (contemporary binding). This edition contains the De officiis, De amicitia, De senectute, the Paradoxa and the Somnium Scipionis with commentaries by Josse Bade, Pietro Marso, Ognibene Bonisoli, Martino Filetico and Francesco Maturanzio. The 3 books of the De Officis and the other treatises have an attractive woodcut vignette showing Cicero writing in a baroque frame. A good copy. (USTC 822310).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 231 - (1548). PAULUS DIACONUS. L'HISTORIE DI PAOLO DIACONO SEGUENTI A QUELLE D'EUTROPIO, DE I FATTI DE' ROMANI IMPERATORI, Nuovamente tradotte di latino in italiano. Venice, Michele Tramezzino, 1548. In-8 of [12]-232 leaves, mahogany half-maroquin with corners, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (19th century binding). First edition of the Italian translation by the humanist Egio Benedetto. It is a sequel to Eutrope's "Brevarium historiae romanae". A very good copy. (Adams P-502) (USTC, 762294).

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 232 - (1548-49). [DOMENICHI (Ludovico)]. RIME DIVERSE DI MOLTI ECCELENTISS. AUTTORI NUOVAMENTE RACCOLTE. Venice, Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1549 (vol. 1 and 1548 for vol. 2). 2 volumes of 374-[26] pages and [3]-177-[11]-1bl. leaves, bound in 1 volume in-8, stiff vellum, richly decorated spine, blue edges (later binding). "This collection was a considerable success, in both commercial and literary terms, and set the model for a form of publishing of poetic texts, with a totalizing vocation, offering all Italian authors, destined to continue until the end of the century. The volume is dedicated to Don Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish ambassador to Venice from 1539 to 1547, before taking up his post in Rome. Mendoza was known as a collector of antique manuscripts and a bibliophile". (Barbier-Mueller). This third edition, published in 1549, bears the Libro primo on the title, added on the second-issue copies of 1546, since a Libro secondo had meanwhile been published in 1548. Some foxing on the title, but a fine copy. From the library of the Marquis de Terzi with his bookplate (Cat. of his sale in 1861 n°960) (USTC, 803371).

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 233 - (1549). ALCIAT. EMBLEMES, DE NOUVEAU TRANSLATEZ EN FRANÇOIS VERS POUR VERS IOUXTE LES LATINS. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1549. In-8, 267-[5] pages, black calf, boards cold-stamped in the manner of the 16th century, ribbed spine, red edges (Petit, successor to Simier). One of the finest editions of Alciat's emblems. This famous collection of illustrated quatrains was extraordinarily popular in the 16th century, attracting the allegorical interpretations of symbols by the artists of the day. This Lyon edition is illustrated with a large architectural title frame and 200 pretty unsigned figures; the latter, remarkably woodcut, are larger than those of earlier editions and set in large baroque frames. Translator Barthélémy Aneau has arranged these emblems by commonplace, and states in the preface: "Chacun aura dans ce petit livre, tout ce qu'il vouldra inscrirera ou pindre aux murailles de la maison, aux verrières, tapis, couvertures, tableaux, images, tables, licts, brief à toutes pièces ou ustensiles en tous lieux". This copy bears the box on page 178 indicated by Baudrier. A few emblems have been colored, and a notebook has been placed upside down in the binding. Hinges weakened. (Baudrier IX, 158. "Edition la meilleure comme tirage des vignettes") (Rothschild II, 354) (USTC 6230) (Mortimer French n°15).

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 234 - (1549). GIOVIO (Paolo). VITAE DUODECIM VICECOMITUM MEDIOLANI PRINCIPUM. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1549. In-4°, 199 pages, fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, mottled edges (18th century binding). First edition of this history of the Visconti dynasty illustrated with 10 SPLENDID ENGRAVED PORTRAITS ON WOOD OF THE DUCS OF MILAN. These woodcuts, signed with a Lorraine cross, are attributed to Geoffroy Tory (see Fairfax-Murray), but may be by Woeriot (see Schreiber). These 10 portraits (130 x 98), each accompanied by a note in which the editor indicates the location of the work he used as a model, are faithful copies of the miniatures in the manuscript preserved at the BNF. A good copy to which a woodcut portrait of the author has been added. Signature of a Burgundian bibliophile "De Migieu" dated 1572 on the last leaf. Armorial bookplate of Nicolas de Richard d'Ivry (1762-1850) mayor of Beaune, with the motto "Virtute non auro". Some spotting to boards, one spine split. (Fairfax-Murray I, n°195) (Schreiber, Estienne n° 104) (Brun, p. 228) (Mortimer, French n°248) (USTC 150389).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 235 - (1549). TAGAULTIUS (Jean). DE CHIRURGICA INSTITUTIONE LIBRI QUINQUE. Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1549. In-8, [64]-572 pages, light calf, boards richly embossed with a central semis of tiger tassels on the first board and fleurs-de-lis on the second, all framed with religious vignettes (period binding). Second edition, first published in 1543. Tagault's surgery was extremely popular, and was still being reprinted and translated in the 17th century. It is illustrated with several devices, surgical instruments and 4 finely engraved full-page woodcuts showing "a body wounded in several ways" and 3 skeletons seen from the front, back and profile.this Lyon edition is augmented by Jacques Hallier's De Materia Chirurgica. Corners dull and covers worn. Fine specimen of stamped binding with remarkable decoration. Ex-libris of Dr. Nicaise. (Baudrier IX, 160) (USTC, 158725).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 236 - (1549). DENYS D'HALICARNASSE. ANTIQUITATUM SIVE ORIGINUM ROMANORUM LIBRI X. Sigismundo Gelenio interprete. Addidimus undecimum ex versione Lapi, Chronologiam Henrici Glareani. Basel, Froben, March 1549. In-folio of [46]-2bl.-518-2bl.-32 pages, marbled half calf, ribbed spine (19th century binding). The first edition of Denys d'Halicarnasse's Antiquités was printed by Estienne in 1547, i.e. only 2 years before Froben's edition, which includes the Latin translation by Sigismond Gelenius and a chronology by the Swiss polymath Henri Glareanus (1488-1563). Beautiful Basel printing by Nicolas Froben and Nicolas Episcopius, embellished with large, handsome historiated lettering. Abundant handwritten annotations throughout the volume, repair to margin of title, 2 leaves with foxing, ex. with good margins. Handwritten bookplate Jehan de La Croix dated 1634 (Adams D-630) (USTC, 637652).

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 237 - (1549). POLYBE. HISTORIARUM LIBRI PRIORES QUINQUE, Nicolao Perotto... interprete item Epitome sequentium librorum usque ad Decimum septimum, Wolfgango Musculo interprete... Basilae, Joannem Hervagium (1549). 2 parts of [8]-282-2bl-[8]-323-[11] pages (p. skip from 96 to 101, without missing) in 1 volume in-folio, brown calf, ribbed spine (period binding). Edition printed with Greek and Roman characters and given by the learned Italian philologist Niccolo Perotti (1430-1480), whose work contributed to the Renaissance of Letters, and procured by W. Musculus, A. Arlenius and V. Opsepeus for the end. Handwritten bookplate "Petri Blasier Amicis". (Pierre Blasier de Frutingen?). Hinges split, stamp. Copy conforms to that digitized in Munich (USTC 684677).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 238 - (1549). PLAY. COMEDIAE VINGINTI. Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1549. Fort in-12, 1078 pages, vellum (contemporary binding). Fine edition in italics. Fines galeries in bottom margin, spine forcé (USTC 150186) (Baudrier VIII, 232).

Estim. 80 - 100 EUR

Lot 239 - (1549). TORY (Geofroy). L'ART ET SCIENCE DE LA VRAYE PROPORTION DES LETTRES ATTIQUES ou Antiques, autrement dictes, Romaines, selon le corps et le visaige humain... d'Avantage la manière d'ordonner la langue Françoise... le tout inventé, par Maistre Geoffroy Tory de Bourges. Paris, Vivant Gaultherot, August 26, 1549. In-8 of [16]-144 (mal chiffr. 136)-[24] leaves, overlapping vellum (contemporary binding). Champfleury's second edition exactly reproduces the text of the first. It was in this work, divided into 4 parts, that he proposed the use of apostrophes, accents and the cedilla. The first 3 deal with the shape of letters, compared with the proportions of the body - "the most beautiful thing in the world", according to Tory - and are illustrated with a large number of woodcuts representing capital letters placed in human bodies. The fourth and last section describes the reproduction of Hebraic, Greek, Latin and Chaldean alphabets, as well as bastard and fantastic letterforms, flowery letters and intertwined numerals. A very rare book, Backer's copy lacked the last leaf, advertised as blank, but which in fact contains the "achevé d'imprimer". Brunet indicates 22 numbered leaves instead of 24. 2 leaves reproduced in facsimile (G8-R7), the copy is in good condition in its original binding. Sixteenth-century motto "Non est mortale quod opto" on last leaf and eighteenth-century bookplate "Ce présent livre appartiens à Bouvet". (USTC 24307) (Mortimer French, n°526).

Estim. 1 000 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 240 - (1550). APIAN- WALDSEEMULLER. COSMOGRAPHIAE INTRODUCTIO. Paris, Guillaume Cavellat, 1550. In-12 of 46-2 (last bl.) leaves, stiff vellum (antique binding). First Parisian edition, decorated with an armillary sphere on the title and 27 ENGRAVED WOODEN FIGURES in the text, 4 of which are full-page. Chapter 28 is devoted to America. The first edition of this work was published in Ingolstadt in 1529. An astronomer and mathematician born in Leisnig, Saxony, Peter Bienewitz, known as Petrus Apianus or Peter Apian (1495-1552), was the author in 1520 of a planisphere showing the New World (Tipus Orbis Universalis), which complemented the work of Martin Waldseemuller. He was also one of the first to propose the observation of moon movements to determine longitudes. A good copy, sprinkled with handwritten annotations from the period. Traces of wetness in the lower corners of the leaves (USTC 150456, 12 copies).

Estim. 3 000 - 4 000 EUR

Lot 241 - (1550). ARISTOTE. ARISTOTELIS SUMMI SEMPER PHILOSOPHI... FROM 1555 Basel, Jo. Beb(el) and Mich. Ising(rin), 1550. 2 parts of [16]-572 and [2]-425-1] pages, in 1 volume in-folio, raw basane, ribbed spine (later binding). Superb 2-column Greek printing procured by Erasmus, with the second part profusely annotated in the margins in very fine handwriting by a scholar of the period. Vertical wormholes on the first 150 pages, corner rings on the last leaves. The last page is flyleaf. Old handwritten bookplates. A V has been added in pen to change the date to 1555 (Adams A, 1732) (USTC, 600154).

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 242 - (1550). BIBLIA. [BIBLIA SACRA JUXTA VULGATAM EDITIONEM AD VETUSTISSIMA EXEMPLARIA CASTIGATA] [Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1550?] In-16, 956 pages, fawn calf, boards decorated with straight and curved fillets in black and gray wax, smooth spine decorated, gilt edges (period binding). A fine copy set in a delightful "Lyonnaise" wax mosaic binding. The decoration is virtually identical to that of binding no. 46, described by Rahir in "Livres dans de riches reliures". Volume 2 of Sébastien Gryphe's 5-volume Bible. Fine restoration to spine (Baudrier VIII, 238).

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 243 - (1550). FERNEL (Jean). DE ABDITIS RERUM CAUSIS LIBRI DUO. Venice, Pietro & Giovanni Maria Nicolini da Sabbio for Andrea Arrivabene, 1550. In-8 of [40]-312 (figured 310) pages, paperback. "Des causes cachées des choses" is a treatise presented as a dialogue with 3 characters. Fernel describes epidemic, endemic, virulent and contagious diseases, including rabies and elephantiasis. A good copy. (USTC 829036).

Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

Lot 244 - (1550). GALATINI (Pierre). OPUS DE ARCANIS CATHOLICÆ VERITATIS... (REUCHLINI PHORCENSIS DOCTORIS DE ARTE CABALISTICA LIBRI TRES...) Basel, (J. Hervagius), 1550. In-folio of [24]-718 (out of 891-33) pages, red half-chagrin, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fillets, gilt edges (19th century binding). Rare second edition of the most popular work on the cabala in the 16th century, which was condemned by the church as favoring the rabbis. Galatinus, a famous Franciscan cabalist, wrote the De Arcanis in 12 books to support Reuchlin's thesis; his work is composed in the form of a dialogue between Reuchlin, referred to as Capnio, the Dominican inquisitor Hochstraat and Galatinus himself. The pages are filled with Greek quotations and Hebrew texts. The latter, numbering 30, had been bequeathed to the Vatican library during the author's lifetime, and anyone wishing to appropriate them was excommunicated by the Pope himself. Reuchlin's De Arte Cabalistica (pp. 719-891) is not bound in this copy. 2 stamps on title, small ring in margin of last 20 leaves (USTC, 683604).

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 245 - (1550). AUSONE - HUTTICH (J). IMPERATORUM & CAESARUM VITAE, CVM IMAGINIBUS AD VIUAM EFFIGIEM EXPRESSIS. Lyon, B. Arnoullet 1550. In-8, [16]-235 pages, basane, ornate spine (18th century binding). First edition (the second appeared 2 years later) with 138 MEDAL PORTRAITS of emperors from Julius Caesar to Charles V. Bound at the head: Les Quadrins historiques de la Bible. Lyon, de Tournes, 1583. Incomplete with 12 leaves (Baudrier X, 123) (USTC 150573).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 246 - (1550). PELETIER DU MANS (Jacques). DIALOGUE DE L'ORTOGRAFE E PRONONCIATION FRANÇOESE. Poitiers, Jan et Enguilbert de Marnef, 1550. In-12 of [16]-216 pages, light calf, boards decorated with gilt fleurons at the corners and center of the boards, cold framing, modern wooden case (period binding). VERY RARE FIRST EDITION. Jacques Peletier du Mans (1517-1582), professor of mathematics, Latinist and translator, physician, poet and grammarian, sets out his program for reforming French spelling. He abolished double consonants when pronunciation reveals only one; he also distinguished between u and v, i and j, etc... These rational distinctions were not definitively established in France until a century later, and are among the most important works on French spelling of the 16th century. Light rings in the corners of the first and last leaves, very well-executed restorations to the spine and boards. Fine contemporary binding (USTC 23472) (Tchémerzine V, 147) (Barbier Mueller, Ma bibliothèque poétique, III, n°3).

Estim. 4 000 - 6 000 EUR

Lot 247 - (1551). GAZE (Théodore de). LIBER QUARTUS DE CONSTRUCTIONE PARTIUM ORATIONIS, conversione et explanatione Heliae Andreae burdigalensis illustratus. Paris, Apud Vascosanum, 1551. In-4° of [12]-212-2bl. pages, velin souple (contemporary binding). "At the beginning of the 16th century, Theodore Gaza's grammar was in general use for teaching the Greek language, and the various books that make it up were frequently reprinted" (Brunet). The text is printed in Greek and Latin. Marginal galling to several leaves without damage, light rings (USTC 150922) (Brunet II, 1512).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 248 - (1551). PETRARCA. Il PETRARCA CON NUOVE, E BREVI DICHIA RATIONI. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1551. In-16, 576-[32] pages, blond calf, spine ribbed and decorated (18th century binding). Second edition of Rouillé's Petrarca (the first in 1550) and third printing of the suite of 6 vignettes. The portraits of Laure and Petrarch are set in a heart and the 6 small woodcuts at the head of the Triumphs. (Baudrier IX, 190) (USTC, 150892, 12 copies).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 249 - (1551). PETRARQUE. IL PERTARCA CON NUOVE E BREVI DICHIARATIONI. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1551. In-16, 576-[32] pages, red morocco, gilt fillet on covers, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (17th century binding). Same as previous issue. A good copy. (Baudrier IX, 190) (USTC 11603).

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 250 - (1551). PLATINE (Baptiste). LES VIES, FAICTZ ET GESTES DES SAINCTZ PERES, PAPES, EMPEREURS ET ROYS DE FRANCE. Paris, Vivant Gaultherot, 1551. Fort in-8, [18]-462 (476) leaves (poorly numbered), half calf, smooth spine decorated, red edges (19th century binding). French translation illustrated with 228 woodcuts of the popes, one for each pope. "The lives of the Popes of Platine are elegantly written and contain certain remarkable features" (Brunet). Leaves trimmed short at head, numerous pagination errors. (Brunet, IV, 693) (USTC, 37887).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 251 - (1551). VIVES (J.L.). DE DISCIPLINIS LIBRI XX in tres tomos distincti quorum ordinem versa pagella indicabit. Cum indice copiosissimo. Lyon, Jean Frellon, 1551. In-8, [40]-613-[1] pages, half brown basane, smooth spine (19th century binding). The most important work by J.C. Vivès, born in 1491 in Valencia, famous representative of Spanish humanism. This work on teaching and instruction first appeared in Antwerp in 1531. Marginal galling on several leaves with damage to some letters, handwritten bookplate. (Baudrier V, 224) (USTC 150805).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 252 - (1551-52). TERENCE. COMOEDIAE. Paris, Benoît Prévost for Jean de Roigny, November 15, 1551. In-folio of [4]-3 to 776-[38]-2bl. pages, granite calf, ribbed spine, inscription and gilt fleuron in the center of the boards (later binding). Edition by Thierry de Beauvais, whose text is surrounded by extensive commentaries by famous humanists: Etienne Dolet, Erasmus, Mélanchton, Scaliger, Bembo, etc... The illustration includes a series of 149 CHARMING ILLUSTRATIONS in archaic style, borrowed from an Italian edition and depicting the actors at the beginning of each scene "à ce commodes et utiles", says the privilege. On the boards the arms of Toulouse and the (partially faded) inscription "Datum ab octoviris capitolinis 1678" (Given by the eight men of the Capitol in 1678). Spine and corners rebound, boards rubbed, light rings pronounced at the corners of the first few leaves (USTC, 151033) (Brunet V, 714).

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 253 - (1552-53). DONI (Antonio Francesco). I MARMI. Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1552-53. 4 parts of 167-[1]-119-[1]-166-1bl.-93-[1]-1bl.-[1] pages, in 1 volume in-4°, without binding. First edition of these dialogues by eccentric young Florentines who converse about art and philosophy on the marble steps of Florence's Duomo. These dialogues involve over 100 different characters, some real, some fictional, on a wide range of poems and unrelated subjects. This volume contains an "Announcement" for the forthcoming publication of the "Inferni", with a reproduction of the title. (First advertisement?). The abundant and beautiful illustrations include 5 large portraits, including those of Doni, Petrarch and l'Arétin, and 38 EXTRAVAGANT FIGURES, such as a madman riding a crayfish, an engraving largely inspired by the Nave of Fools, all engraved after drawings by the printer Marcolini himself. Qq. light rings, small marginal gallery on 10 leaves. The copy is well preserved and placed in a binding that is not its own. (Brunet II, 813) (Mortimer, Italian n°165) (Adams, D-824) (USTC, 827617).

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 254 - (1552-60). STUDENT BOOKLET in-4° ivory vellum (period binding). Includes: JUVENAL. Satyrarum liber. Paris, Ex typographia Matthaei Davidis, 1552. 142 pages, AUSONE. Decii magni ausonii burdegalensis Gryphus, sive Ternarii Numeri. Paris, Thomas Richard, 1561. 6-1bl. pages. VIRGILE. Aeneidos libri XI. 20 pages. (Title missing). VIRGILE. Selecta epigrammata. P., Thomas Richard, 1559. 8 leaves. MARTIAL. Epigrammata selecta. P., Th. Richard, 1559. 8 folios. (AJAX-ULYSSE). Annotationes Claude Noviti Senonensis in Ajacis et Ulyssis de Armes Achillis. P., Th. Richard, 1560. 4 leaves. (Idem). Orationes Ajacis et Ulyssis, contendentium de Armis Achillis, ex Ovidio. P. Th. Richard, 1559. 8 ff. VIRGILE. Ananeidos libri IIII. from pp. 49 to 63 (no title). HORACE. Sermonum liber primus. P., Th. Richard, 1558. 40 leaves. HORACE. Epistolarum libri II. P., Gabriel Buon, 1560. 28 leaves. Set of 10 texts by classical authors collected in 1 volume, student's booklet, most of them profusely annotated in XVI°. Stamp, binding tired and missing.

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 255 - (1552). ANEAU (Barthélémy). PICTA POESIS. Lyon, Macé Bonhomme, 1552. In-8, 118-[2] pages, terra-cotta chagrin, double gilt fillet on covers, ornate spine with gilt title throughout, interior gilt frieze, gilt edges (19th century binding). First edition of one of the most charming books of emblems published at the time. It is illustrated with 108 VIGNETTES, 2 of which are repeated, most measuring 36 x 50, finely engraved on copper by Pierre Eskrich. One of them, intended to criticize the corruption of magistrates, was removed in later editions. A wide-margined copy, very pure in proof, well preserved in a well-executed romantic binding. From the Atkinson and Huth libraries, with bookplates. (Brun, p. 111) (USTC151179) (Baudrier X, 227) (Mortimer French, no. 25).

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 256 - (1552). DIOSCORIDE. DE MEDICINALI MATERIA LIBRI SEX, Ioanne Ruellio Suessionensi interprete. Lyon, Balthazar Arnoullet, 1552. In-8 of [32]-790-1bl.-[16] pages, brown calf, boards decorated with a double cold frame with gilded fleurons at the corners and 2 lions in the center, Estienne Besnier in gilded letters (Period binding). Printed in Vienna, this is the second of three editions by Balthazar Arnoullet. Translated by the physician and botanist Jean Ruel (1474-1537), it is illustrated with the very JOLIE SUITE DE FIGURES D'ANIMAUX ET DE PLANTES GRAVEES SUR BOIS by Clément Boussy, which appeared in 1549 in the Fuchs edition given by the same publisher. Arnoullet added 12 animal vignettes (Salamander, grasshopper, frog...). Copy incomplete by 2 leaves (153, 169), but with the 8 additional leaves of plants found only in a small number of copies, bound at the end as Baudrier points out. Interesting binding adorned with 2 heraldic lions in the center of the boards with the owner's name of the time in gilt lettering "Estienne Besnier". (Baudrier X, 130) (Nissen, BBI 499) (Wellcome, I 1788) (USTC, 150482, 1550 ed.). From the library of F. Renard with his bookplate (cat. 1927, no. 232).

Estim. 500 - 700 EUR

Lot 257 - (1552). COMMINES (Philippe de). MEMOIRES... Sur les principaux faicts et gestes de Louis onzième et de Charles huictième, son fils. Paris, René Avril for Galiot du Pré and Jean de Roigny, 1552. In-folio of [6]-169-[5]-1bl. leaves, marbled calf, ornate ribbed spine (17th century binding). In addition to the great historical interest of these memoirs, in which the author shows himself to be true and precise, particularly when recounting political trickery, this work offers a curious transition between the language of the Middle Ages and the French language of the 16th century. The translation is by Denis Sauvage, historiographer to Henri II. Beautifully printed in round letters, the title is set in a handsome columned frame. Worm work on one cover, a clean copy. (USTC, 7442). Handwritten bookplate Frédéric de La Fosse.

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 258 - (1552). [ERASMUS] - NOVUM TESTAMENTUM... ACCOMODIS ILLUSTRATUM. Paris, François Gryphe, 1552. Large in-16 volume of 396 leaves, lavaliere morocco (17th century binding). Attractive little edition illustrated with 97 woodcuts (63 x 45 mm) in the text, procured by Erasmus and printed by François Gryphe, Sébastien's brother. This would be the fifth edition, probably printed between 1542 and 1545 - despite the date indicated on the title - the previous editions dating, according to Mortimer (French, no. 70), from 1539 to 1542. The woodcuts are identical to the 1541 edition and attributed to the German engraver Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550). Dark rings on the first 40 leaves, q. handwritten annotations, worn binding. (Mortimer French, n°70), (USTC 151170, 2 ex.) (Pettegrew, 57928).

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 259 - (1552). [GELENIUS (S)]. NOTITIA UTRAQUE DIGNITATUM, CUM ORIENTIS, TUM OCCIDENTIS... Basel. Jerome Froben, 1552. In-folio of 108 uncounted leaves, soft vellum (antique binding). Rare original edition procured by Sigismund Gelenius (1497-1554), a Czech humanist who settled in Basel around 1524; it was reprinted several times with commentaries by Gui Panciroli. This collection is based on a manuscript almanac for the Byzantine Empire from the year 408, now lost. It is illustrated with 106 BOIS GRAVES showing costumes, dignitaries' uniforms, numerous everyday objects and maps of cities including Rome and Constantinople. Among these plates, those depicting books, codexes or bindings have remained famous (Caillet 8271) (Brunet IV, 111) (USTC 678431). Bound in suite: SAINT ISIDORE - CAPELLA (M). ORIGINUM LIBRI VIGINTI EX ANTIQUITATE ERUTI... DE NUPTIJS PHILOLOGIAE & MERCURI. Basel, Pierre Perna, 1577. 2 parts of [6] ff.-550 col.-[16] ff- 240 col.-[2] ff. First edition of a collection of 2 scholarly works, including Saint Isidore's Originum, considered the first encyclopedia. Some woodcut graphics (USTC, 667207). Freckling on the second book, small lack and wear to the vellum, tear to the title.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 260 - (1552). GUEROULT (Guillaume). PREMIER [SECOND] TOME DES CHRONIQUES & GESTES ADMIRABLES DES EMPEREURS, avec les effigies d'iceux. Mis en françoys, avec un indice pour plus facillement trouver le nom desdits Empereurs. Lyon, Arnoullet, 1552. 2 volumes in 1 vol. small in-4°, basane lavallière, spine ribbed (19th century binding). First edition of this annotated enumeration of all Roman emperors, with 132 PORTRAITS in medallions, sometimes in large baroque frames, woodcut in the text. The 3 plans are missing (Baudrier X, 132).

Estim. 150 - 200 EUR

Lot 261 - (1552). PARADIN (Guillaume). CRONIQUE DE SAVOYE. Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guill. Gazeau, 1552. In-4° of [36]-394-[2] pages, brown calf, boards decorated with gilt fleurons, cold framing (period binding). RARE FIRST EDITION; "one of the most beautiful productions of the Tournésian presses" (Cartier). In addition to its typographical beauty, Paradin's account is not without merit, "not that we should place much confidence in it, but there is a charm and real interest in the bonhomie of the narration and style". It is also in this work that Paradin mentions 2 inventions from Germany: one pernicious and damnable, the art of making fire artillery, and the other, printing, "a profitable and happy discovery and its way of mollifying scripts and books, and by its excellence and nobility is nothing other than sweet peace, perfect love and entire pleasure". Copy complete with fold-out table of the Tree of Consanguinity of the House of Savoy. Some foxing, binding faded with small tears. From the Caroli Zeerleder library with bookplate. (Mortimer, 413) (Cartier, 226).

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 262 - (1552). PARISETI (Iunior. Ludovici). DE DIVINA IN HOMINEM BENNE VOLENTIA, ATQUE BENNE VOLENTIA BENEFICENTIA ORATIONES TRES. Venice, Aldi filios, 1552. In-8 of 239-[1] leaves, half-basane, smooth spine (19th century binding). Louis Parisetti was born in 1503 and died in Rome in 1570; he composed a large number of poems and speeches in the style of Lucretius. This beautifully printed volume contains a short preface by the author to Pope Julius III. A few leaves miscalculated and 101 misplaced, the last leaf (Anchor) is a little frayed, missing the first 6 leaves, including the title. (Renouard, p. 154).

Estim. 150 - 300 EUR

Lot 263 - (1552). VIRGILE. [OPERA OMNIA, AD VETERUM BEMBI ET ANDR. NAUGERII... CUM XI COMMENTARIIS SERVIO PRAESENTIM AC DONATO, AD SUAM RESTITUTIS]. [Venice, apud Juntas, 1552]. In-folio of [6] (of 10)- 588 leaves, brown calf, spine ribbed and decorated (17th century binding). Remarkably illustrated with 113 LARGE mid-page woodcuts copied from the 1502 edition by Grüninger in Strasbourg, first published by the Juntes in 1519. The final leaves contain the often missing "Priapea". Light stain in center of last few leaves, small library stamp, tear with loss of letters on one leaf (11), last leaf doubled (Brunet V, 1287) (USTC 862791).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 264 - (1553). ROVILLE (G). PROMPTUARI ICONUM INSIGNIORUM A SAECULO HOMINUM. Lyon, G. Rovillium, 1553. 2 parts of [8]-172-[4] and 247-[1]-[7]-1bl. pages bound in 1 volume in-4°, blond calf, ornate ribbed spine, red edges (17th century binding). FIRST EDITION AND FIRST EDITION SET WITH 824 woodcut MEDALS. This promptuary, published simultaneously in French, Latin and Italian, begins with the portrait of Adam and Eve and continues with that of Henri II. All the finely engraved faces were largely executed by G. Reverdy and Cl. Corneille, with a smaller proportion according to Baudrier. Although the text remained anonymous for a long time, we can now affirm that it was written by Claude Rouillé, who was too modest to want anyone to know that he was the author. Small wormholes in the margins. (Baudrier IX, 204) (USTC 151373).

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 265 - (1553). ROVILLE (G). PROMPTUARI ICONUM INSIGNIORUM A SAECULO HOMINUM. Lyon, G. Rovillium, 1553. 2 parts of [8]-172-[4] and 247-[1]-[7]-1bl. pages bound in 1 volume in-4°, marbled basane, smooth spine decorated (18th century binding). Identical to previous issue. Repair to title and last leaf missing, several leaves browned, rings. Handwritten bookplate Gasparis Asceptris (Baudrier IX, 204).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 266 - (1553). ROVILLE (G). PREMIÈRE (LA) [SECONDE-] PARTIE DU PROMPTUAIRE des médailles des plus renommées personnes qui ont été depuis le début du monde. Lyon, G. Rovillium, 1553. 2 parts of [8]-172-[4] and 247-[1]-[7]-1bl. pages bound in 1 volume in-4°, fawn basane, gilt lace on boards, ornate ribbed spine (modern binding). FIRST EDITION AND FIRST EDITION SET WITH 824 woodcut MEDALS. In its French version, this promptuary begins with the portrait of Adam and Eve and continues through to that of Henri II. All the finely engraved faces were largely executed by G. Reverdy and Cl. Corneille to a lesser extent, according to Baudrier. Repaired title and first few leaves, scattered light rings. Fine copy with good margins (Baudrier IX, 205).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 267 - (1553). STRADA (J. de). EPITOME DU THRESOR DES ANTIQUITEZ, C'EST-A-DIRE POURTRAITS DES VRAYES MEDAILLES DES EMPP. BOTH ROMAN AND WESTERN. Lyon (Jean de Tournes) for Jaques de Strada and Thomas Guérin, 1553. In-4°, [24]-394-[30] pages, half blond basane, ribbed spine (19th century binding). First French edition, published simultaneously with the Latin edition. French translation by Jean Louveau and printed by Jean de Tournes (although his name does not appear); it is adorned with a large woodcut on the title with, on the verso, the coat of arms of Fugger, to whom the work is dedicated, and some 400 MEDAILLON PORTRAITS on a black background. Strada's work is doubly interesting from the point of view of numismatics and engraving; it was woodcut under the direction of Bernard Salomon by the best historical engravers. (Baudrier X, 366). Several leaves pitted and light rings in margins, ex. a little unbound, endpapers missing. Average condition. Handwritten bookplate on title. (USTC 18010).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 268 - (1553). STRADA (Jacopo). EPITOME THESAURI ANTIQUITATUM, hoc est, impp. rom. orientalium et occidentalium iconum, ex antiquis numismatibus quam fidelissime deliniatarum. Lyon, Jean de Tournes for Jacques de Strada and Thomas Guérin, 1553. In-4° of [88]-339-[3] pages, brown calf, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (18th century binding). First Latin edition published simultaneously with the French edition. Printed by Jean de Tournes (although his name does not appear), it is adorned with a large woodcut on the title with, on the verso, the coat of arms of Fugger, to whom the work is dedicated, and some 400 MEDAILLON PORTRAITS on a black background. Strada's work is doubly interesting from the point of view of numismatics and engraving; it was wood-engraved under the direction of Bernard Salomon by the best historical carvers. Light rings, ruled copy with handwritten bookplate on title. (Baudrier X, 365) (USTC 156064, 9 ex.).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 269 - (1553). [PARADIN (Claude)]. QUADRINS HISTORIQUES DE LA BIBLE - QUADRINS HISTORIQUES DE L'EXODE. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1553. 2 volumes of 39 and 64 leaves, in 1 vol. in-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet on covers, richly decorated ribbed spine, inner gilt lace, gilt edges, bordered slipcase (Semet-Plumelle). "A pure masterpiece of the Lyon school" (Brun). First edition of this beautiful and rare pictorial Bible, dedicated to Jeanne de La Rochefoucauld, abbess of N.-D. de Saintes. The first volume contains the quadrins relating to Genesis; the second, in addition to Exodus, includes the quadrins relating to the other books of the Bible: Leviticus, Judges, Kings... There are 74 quadrins in the first volume and 125 in the second, for a total of 199, each adorned with a woodcut figure. These remarkable figures are attributed to Bernard Salomon, known as Le Petit Bernard, and are rightly considered the artist's masterpiece. These 2 volumes are in FIRST EDITION, in very fine proofs. Small defect on one page, otherwise a very fine copy, well bound in morocco (Brun, p. 131) (Cartier, n° 242-243) (Brunet, IV, 995).

Estim. 1 500 - 2 500 EUR

Lot 270 - (1554). BIBLE. LA SAINTE BIBLE. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1554. 3 parts of [12]-507-[1]; 433-[1]-[16]; 248 (misf. 288)-[6]-1bl. pages, in 1 volume in-folio, half-basane, smooth spine (later binding). "This 1554 edition is the first of the in-folio Bibles published by Jean de Tournes, which contain some of the woodcuts from the suite of historical quadrins by Petit Bernard. There are 181 in the Old Testament, plus 11 large plates engraved expressly for in-folio Bibles... Printed in new type, this is one of Jean I's finest productions" (Cartier). Title doubled, repairs to margins of first and last leaves, a few leaves trimmed short with lack, a few spots and foxing, light stain on leaf 343, hinges worn. Copy ruled in red ink, sign of first printing, handwritten ex-libris "Grégoire". (Cartier no. 266) (USTC 1118).

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 271 - (1554). BUTEO - [BORREL (Jean)]. OPERA GEOMETRICA... Lyon, Thomas Bertheau, 1544. In-4°, 158-[2] pages, stiff vellum (later binding). Rare first edition of a scientific treatise by Jean Borrel (or Johannes Buteo), a mathematician from Dauphiné born in 1492, who was a pupil of cartographer Oronce Finé in Paris. The treatise is lavishly illustrated with diagrams and curious woodcuts. It is divided into 15 major chapters on different subjects: the construction of Noah's Ark, squaring the circle, river waters, Caesar's aqueduct-bridge, islands... The first 9 deal with mechanical, arithmetic and geometric problems. This is the most interesting book by the author, who later fell out with his master, before retiring to his estate in Balan, a popular place for the abbots of Saint-Antoine; one plate shows the author's house. Pleasant copy despite short margins (USTC 151615) (Adams B-3356).

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 272 - (1554). CICERON. OFFICIORUM LIBRI III. Venice, François Bindoni 1554. In-folio of [4]-222 leaves, stiff vellum (later binding). This edition contains the 3 books of De officiis, and the treatises De amicitia, De senectute, and the Paradoxa with commentaries by Josse Bade, Pietro Marso, Ognibene Bonisoli, Martino Filetico and Francesco Maturanzio. Label "Bibliothecae Nazarenae" at bottom of title. A few stains (USTC 822359).

Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

Lot 273 - (1554). [GALLAND (P.)]. DE AGRORUM CONDITIONIBUS, ET CONSTITUTIONIBUS LIMITUM. Paris, Adrien Turnèbe, 1554. In-4° of [4]-256-[12]-20 pages, blond calf, triple gilt fillet, ornate smooth spine, red edges (18th century binding). ABUNDANTLY ILLUSTRRATED PRINCEPS EDITION on Roman surveying techniques, weights and measures and land law. Collection donated by Pierre Galland, containing texts by Frontinus, Siculus Flaccus, Hygin le Gromatique, Aggenus Urbicus and other Roman surveyors. Small tear to title, second board damaged with worm damage, internally fresh with wide margins, complete with small vignette on page 134 (USTC, 151451).

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 274 - (1554). HEROLD (Johannes). HEYDENWELDT UND IRER GÖTTER ANFÄNGCKLICHER URSPRUNG.... Basel, Henricum Petri, 1554. 3 parts of [288]-295-1bl.-130-[2] pages, bound in 1 volume in-folio, light-colored basane, ornate ribbed spine (17th century binding). Johannes Herold (1514-67), Basel theologian and friend of Erasmus, studies here the origin of the gods, the reasons for their veneration by the ancients and also hieroglyphics. The book's 650 or so BEAUTIFUL WOODEN ENGRAVINGS, the main part of which is a translation of Diodorus of Sicily, show mostly views and maps, animals and plants, many taken from Münster's "Cosmographie" and other Basel illustrated books, including 350 small emblems and hieroglyphs. Damage to spine and split jaws. (USTC, 662480).

Estim. 1 000 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 275 - (1554). LUTHER (Martin). HAUSPOSTIL UBER DIE SONTAGS UND DER FÜRNEMBSTEN FEST EVANGELIA DURCH DAS GANTZE JAR... Nurnberg, Johan Vomberg and Ulrich Neuber, 1554. 3 parts of [10]-180-186-119-[1] leaves, bound in 1 volume in-folio, stamped calf on wood, wide borders with biblical figures, ribbed spine, leather clasps (period binding). Lavishly illustrated edition of Luther's famous "Hauspostille". Printed several times in Nuremberg, this collection of domestic sermons explaining biblical texts was intended for personal instruction and helped pastors prepare their sermons read aloud in the temple. The illustration consists of 3 framed titles and 97 ENGRAVINGS in the text, some with the Monogram HB by the engraver Hans Brosamer (1495-1554). Last leaf torn with lack, scattered foxing, qq. stains and rings, redacted passages, handwritten annotations, one hinge open, binding complete with original clasps. (USTC, 661771).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 276 - (1554). [MARASSI (Damian)]. FIGURE DEL VECCHIO TESTAMENTO CONVERSI TOSCANI per Damian Marassi novamente composti, illustrate. Lyon, J. de Tournes, 1554. In-8, 135 leaves, marbled basane, smooth spine decorated (18th century binding). The work, dedicated to Princess Marguerite de France, is adorned on each page with a superb woodcut (228 woodcuts in total, 5.8 x 8 cm) by Bernard Salomon. Portrait of D. Maraffi on the verso of the title, author of the prologues and eightains below each engraving. A very good copy. Dry stamp of Doctor Alamartine (Cartier n°268) (USTC, 116114).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 277 - (1554). PARADIN (Guillaume). HISTOIRE DE NOSTRE TEMS. Lyon, Jean de Tournes & Guillaume Gazeau, 1554. In-16 of (48)-750 pages, havana chagrin, double cold fillet, spine similarly decorated, double inner lace, gilt edges (19th century binding). Title set in a handsome frame. The story of Paradin, Canon of Beaujeu begins with the reign of François I (1514) and ends with the death of the Queen of Navarre (1548). The work is dedicated to Cardinal Charles de Lorraine, Archbishop of Reims. Slight foxing, particularly on the title (Cartier, no. 282) (Fairfax Murray, French, no. 427) (USTC, 14489, 9 copies listed). From the Bechtel and Cail libraries (bookplates).

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 278 - (1555). TYARD (Pontus de). SOLITAIRE SECOND OU PROSE DE LA MUSIQUE. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1555. In-4°, 160-[16] pages, red morocco, large gilt motif at center of covers, double gilt fillet, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilt lace, gilt edges (Hardy-Mennil). This work is not, as one might think, a sequel to Solitaire premier, which contains mixed poems. Solitaire Second is a special treatise on music. Dedication by Maurice Scève opposite a fine portrait of Pontus "engraved with remarkable breadth and suppleness by Petit Bernard" (Cartier) and a number of technical plates drawn by the author. The fold-out plate contains a woodcut depicting the monochord, an instrument "Moyennant lequel, les consonnances différentes sont connues sur diferentes proporcions". Small light stains on the front cover, otherwise a fine copy, carefully bound in the taste of the period. Unidentified armorial bookplate. (Tchemerzine V, 892) (Cartier n°318) (Brunet V, 853) (USTC 39158).

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 279 - (1555). [PHILIASTRE (Evonime)] - GESNER (Conrad). TRESOR DE EVONIME PHILIASTRE DES REMEDES SECRETS. Livre physic, médical, Alchymic et Dispensatif de toutes substantiales liqueurs et appareils de vins de diverses saveurs... Lyon, Balthazar Arnoullet, 1555. In-4° of [26(sur32)]-325-[3] pages, stiff vellum, cold fleurons at the corners, very ornate ribbed spine, red tr. (period binding). Rare first French edition in the translation by Barthélémy Aneau, a Lyonnais poet who was hanged during the religious procession of June 1561. Conrad Gesner, under a pseudonym, delivers his methods of distillation in its medical applications and his recommendations on the Bain-Marie, on furnaces, on the quintessence of human blood, eggs, flesh and honey, of drinking gold or the elixir of life. This edition is illustrated with nearly 60 WOODWORKS IN TEXT describing the various distilling machines and plants used; they are attributed to Clément Bourry and were specially carved for this book. The title and 2 introductory leaves are missing, otherwise a good copy. Handwritten bookplate Desmaisons (Caillet 4509) (Baudrier X, 151) (USTC 27450).

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 280 - (1555). CHRYSOSTOMUS (St. John). ENARRATIO IN ESAIAM... NUNC PRIMUM E GRAECO IN LATINAM TRADUCTA. 5 works bound in 1 large volume in-folio, marbled calf, ornate spine (18th century binding) Paris, Charlotte Guillard and Guillaume Desboys, 1555. [6]-56 leaves. Lined title missing (USTC 151785). Bound in suite: - DENIS LE CHARTREUX. In omnes beati Pauli epistolas commentaria. In VII epistolas. Paris, Jean de Roigny, 1548. [6]-170 leaves (USTC 196072). - ARBOREUS (J). Theophosia. Tomus tertius. Paris, Jean de Roigny, 1553. [5]-287-[7] leaves (USTC 196682, 4 copies). - PHILON OF ALEXANDRIA. Philonis judaei centum et due questiones. Paris, Josse Bade, August 1520. 11 leaves (Renouard III, 161) (not at USTC). - ARBOREUS (J). Commentarii in proverbia Salomonis. Paris, Jean de Roigny, 1549. [6]-108 leaves (USTC, 154016). Apart from the paper loss to the title of the first work, the copy is in fine condition internally. Hinges and spine worn. Stamp, Ex-libris J.G. Thevenon.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 281 - (1555). OBSEQUENT (Jules). DES PRODIGES, PLUS TROIS LIVRES DE POLYDORE VERGILE SUR LA MEME MATIERE. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1555. In-8, [16]-292-[12] pages, speckled basane, ornate spine (18th century binding). First edition of George de la Bouthière's translation. Jean de Tournes had published an Italian version the previous year, but this one is of far superior execution; it is illustrated with 51 woodcuts attributable to Bernard Salomon; eight of these woodcuts, including six for Polydore Vergile, appear here for the first time. The title is set in a beautiful "arabesque en cul de lampe" frame. Repairs to title without missing and to the corners of a few leaves, weak hinges, minor defects (Cartier 306) (Mortimer, French, 389) (USTC 8153).

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 282 - (1555). QUINTILIEN. INSTITUTIONUM ORATORIARUM. Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1555. 2 parts in 1 large vol. in-8 (with special title for the declamations) of 741-[89]-1bl. and 269-2bl.-[1] pages, stiff vellum (antique binding). The Institutions form a treatise in 12 books, containing a complete study plan for training an orator. The declamations are exercises for his students. Scattered rings and light dampening, one page stained, several handwritten bookplates on title. A modest copy (Baudrier VIII, 278).

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 283 - (After 1555). CICERON. LE PISTOLE DI CICERONE AD ATTICO, FATTE VOLGARI DA M. MATTEO SENAREGA. Venice, (Alde, no date). In-8, 399 pages, vellum (contemporary binding). Aldine forgery copying page for page and line for line the 1555 edition. (USTC 822369) (Renouard, Alde, p. 164).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 284 - (1556). BIBLIA SACRA... His adjecimus Hebraïcorum, chaldaeorum, Graecorumque nominum interpretationem, cum indicibus copiosissimis. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1556. In-folio of [12]-660-[108] pages, brown calf, double cold framing, gilded Renaissance medallion in the center of the boards, gilded corner fleurons, ribbed spine (period binding). Third folio Bible given by de Tournes, preceded by the 1551 and 1554 editions. Printed on two columns, it is adorned with initials, vignettes and 188 ENGRAVED WOODEN FIGURES in the text, some of them full-page from the famous Petit Bernard suite. There are 120 for the Old Testament and 68 for the New. THIS BIBLE IS IN REALITY A PROTESTANT BIBLE, with all the trappings of the Vulgate; it reproduces the Olivétan version from the revised text of the so-called Sword Bible, published in Geneva in 1540 (cf. Cartier, 186). Window in title obliterating a bookplate. 2 vignettes (nude Adam and Eve) redacted at the time, stains and traces of wetness. Binding worn, corners and spine completely rebound (Cartier no. 384) (USTC, 151955).

Estim. 300 - 500 EUR

Lot 285 - (1556). DU CHOUL (Guillaume). DISCOURS DE LA RELIGION DES ANCIENS ROMAINS... ILLUSTRE D'UN GRAND NOMBRE DE MEDAILLES, & DE PLUSIEURS BELLES FIGURES Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1556. In-folio of 312-[56] pages, brown calf, gilt Renaissance iron in the center of the boards, ornate spine, gilt edges, ruled copy (period binding). First edition, much more beautiful than the reprints that followed, and one of Lyon's finest books of the 16th century. Its illustration, attributed by Baudrier to Pierre Eskrich, includes 554 MEDAL REPRODUCTIONS AND 47 miscellaneous woodcuts, 5 of which are full-page and "largely executed". The title page features the coat of arms of Guillaume Du Choul, humanist and archaeologist from Lyon, royal advisor and bailly of the Dauphiné mountains, who dedicated his work to Monsieur d'Urfé, father of the famous novelist. Next page: - DISCOURS SUR LA CASTRAMETATION ET DISCIPLINE MILITAIRE DES ROMAINS - DES BAINS ET ANTIQUES EXERCITATIONS GRECQUES ET ROMMAINES. Lyon, G. Rouille, 1557. 2 parts of 55-1bl. and 20-[5] leaves, one folded plate (flyleaf). 37 FIGURES for the first book and 6 figures for the second. Hinges split and spine missing, many rings and brown spots. (Baudrier IX, 229-238) (Mortimer, French, 180 and 181) (USTC 1132 and 52863).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 286 - (1556-55). DU CHOUL (Guillaume). DISCOURS DE LA RELIGION DES ANCIENS ROMAINS... ILLUSTRATED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF MEDALS, & SEVERAL BEAUTIFUL FIGURES Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1556-55 In-folio of 312-[56] pages, one folded plate, brown calf (contemporary binding). First edition, much more beautiful than the reprints that followed, and one of Lyon's finest books of the 16th century. Its illustrations, attributed by Baudrier to Pierre Eskrich, include 554 REPRODUCTIONS OF MEDALS AND 47 miscellaneous woodcuts, 5 of which are full-page and "largely executed". The title page bears the coat of arms of Guillaume Du Choul, humanist and archaeologist from Lyon, royal advisor and bailly of the Dauphiné mountains, who dedicated his work to Monsieur d'Urfé, the father of the famous novelist. Next page: - DISCOURS SUR LA CASTRAMETATION ET DISCIPLINE MILITAIRE DES ROMAINS - DES BAINS ET ANTIQUES EXERCITATIONS GRECQUES ET ROMMAINES. Lyon, G. Rouille, 1555. 2 parts of 55-1bl. and 20-[5] leaves. 37 FIGURES for the first book and 6 figures for the second. Hinges split and spine missing, some rings and foxing. The margins of the second part are clumsily consolidated (Baudrier IX, 229-221) (Mortimer, French, 180 and 181) (USTC 1132 and 29533).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 287 - (1556). FINE (Oronce). DE RE & PRAXI GEOMETRICA, libri tres, figuris & demonstrationibus illustrati. Ubi de quadrato geometrico, & virgis seu baculis mensoriis, necnon aliis, cum mathematicis, tum mechanicis. Paris, Gilles Gourbin, 1556. In-4° de [4]-59 (mal chiffr. 56) feuilles, brochage du XX°. First separate edition of the second book of the Protomathesis of 1532 by the same Oronce Finé; it deals with the application of geometry to traditional surveying problems and the method of constructing a geometric square or quadrant. The 102 woodcuts are copies, often reduced and simplified, of the diagrams used in the 1532 edition. Minor defects, copy with wide margins. Antique handwritten bookplate on title. (Mortimer, French n°230) (USTC 152009).

Estim. 500 - 700 EUR

Lot 288 - (1556). [GUEVARA (Antoine de)]. DECADE CONTENANT LA VIE DES EMPEREURS... Paris, M. de Vascosan, 1556. Small in-4° of [4]-243 leaves, ruby morocco, wide gilt lace framing the boards, spine ribbed with gilt urns, gilt edges (18th century binding). FIRST EDITION. The ten biographies of Roman emperors, extracted from several Greek, Latin and Spanish authors, appear here for the first time in the French translation by Antoine Allègre (1500-1570). This volume usually joins Plutarch's Lives of Illustrious Men. "Magnificent edition, copies are rare" (De Bure, instructive bibliography p. 432). A fine copy in ornate morocco (Brunet IV, 737) (USTC, 37692, 9 copies listed).

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 290 - (1557). (TYARD (Pontus de). THE UNIVERSE, OR, DISCOURS DES PARTIES, et de la nature du monde. Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1557. In-4° 156-[14] pages, velin overlay (modern binding). First edition, the title of which is set in a handsome arched frame by de Tournes, decorated with a medallion portrait of the 31-year-old author on the verso and 2 large initials; it is dedicated to M. de Saint-Antot, first president of Rouen. L'Univers is a large-scale philosophical discourse in prose, whose title is self-explanatory; the new heliocentric theory is praised, and Copernicus' name appears several times. Light rings at the bottom of the leaves and in the bottom margin (Tchemerzine V, 894) (Cartier no. 384) (USTC 8516, 13 copies). Attached is a very incomplete copy of Discours du temps, de l'An et de ses parties. Lyon, de Tournes 1556. In-12 paperback.

Estim. 1 000 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 291 - (1557). BEMBO (Pietro). LE PROSE... Divise in tre libri et reviste con somma diligenzia da M. Lodovico Dolce. Con la tavola. Venice, appresso Andréa Arrivabene, 1557. In-12 of [60]-259-[1] pages, blond calf, smooth spine decorated (18th century binding). The 3 books are dedicated to Cardinal Giulio de Medici, one of the interlocutors with Frigoso, Strozzi and Carlo Bembo. Bembo defended the Tuscan language used by Dante and Petrarch, and Ariosto revised Orlando furioso according to his precepts. Bound in the sequel by the same author. DE RIME. Venice, G.B. Bonsadine, 1599. 69-1bl. leaves. Many leaves trimmed short, small erasure in second book. A fine copy, however. (USTC, 813431).

Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

Lot 292 - (1557). CARDAN (J). LIBER DE LIBRIS PROPIIS. Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1557. - GIOVIO (P). ELOGIA DOCTORUM VIRORUM. Antwerp, Jean Beller, 1557. 2 works of 192 pages and [16]-295-[9] pages, in 1 volume in-8, soft ivory vellum (period binding). 1. Precious and rare inventory drawn up by Jérôme Cardan of his own books, in which he details their contents and draws up several unpublished tables of contents relating to them. Cardan lists all the books that have been published or are ready to be published (not at USTC, nor Baudrier) (Adams C-686). 2 (Bound at head). Collection of short prose biographies by Paolo Giovio (1483-1552) on some 180 famous men (Dante, Erasmus, Petrarch), with neo-Latin verse by Italian poets and, in this second edition, a poem for each person by the humanist J. Latomus. (USTC, 401003). Some foxing, a very good copy in its original vellum.

Estim. 500 - 700 EUR

Lot 293 - (1557). CICERON. RHETORICORUM AD Herennium libri IV. Venice, Jean Marie Bonelli, 1557. In-folio of [6)-137 leaves, stiff vellum (later binding). Text printed on 2 columns. Good edition that was procured with corrections by Paul Manuce. On recto of last leaf, curious spider mark with initials Z.M and B.V. Small scattered stains, rings on qq. leaves, good copy. (USTC 822381).

Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

Lot 294 - (1557). DARIOT (Claude). AD ASTRORUM IUDICIA FACILIS INTRODUCTIO. Ejusdem Tractatus de Electionibus Principiorum idoneorum rebus... Lyon, Maurice Roy and Louis Pesnot, 1557. In-4° of [6]-120 pages, velin souple (contemporary binding). Uncommon first edition, complete with the 3 volvelles and their loose parts. Claude Dariot (1533-1594), a Beaune-born physicist, set out the general principles of astrology and the rules of solar astrology, with the influence of the planets on daily terrestrial events. His treatise contains innovative approaches for the time: Dariot added to the traditional 4 elements (Water, Air, Fire, Earth), the 3 alchemical principles (Mercury, Sulfur and Salt). According to him, these 3 principles form the basis of all beings! At the time of printing, the book had one sheet with instructions for mounting the scrolls and another with the uncut moving parts; in this copy, the instructions have fortunately been preserved and glued to the bottom of page 11 with the 3 scrolls mounted and effective. Light marginal rings. Ex-libris Harrison D. Horblit (Mortimer no. 165) (Baudrier IV, 308) (USTC 152198).

Estim. 1 500 - 2 000 EUR

Lot 295 - (1557). EUCLIDE. ELEMENTORUM LIBRI XV, Graece et Latine. Paris, Guillaume Cavellat, 1557. In-8 of [16]-160 leaves (88,59-130), ivory vellum overlay (contemporary binding). Cavellat's first edition. Greek and Latin text adorned with numerous geometrical figures and diagrams in the text, and with the printer's mark on the last leaf (the hen). Bookplate A.M. Faivre. (Adams, E-998, 1558 ed.) (USTC 152265, 15 ex.).

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Lot 296 - (1557) PARADIN (Claude). DEVISES HEROIQUES. Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1557. In-8, 261-[1] pages, marbled calf, boards decorated in the Du Seuil style, spine decorated (18th century binding). ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOKS OF RENAISSANCE EMBLEMS. Second edition, partly original with text, offering 78 engravings for the first time, for a total of 182 EMBLEMES ENGRAVED ON WOOD attributed to Bernard Salomon. The title is set in a fine frame with grotesque figures, typical of Jean de Tournes. Binding damaged, many leaves soiled or with rings, working copy. (Cartier n°379) (Mortimer n°410 (Landwher 564) (USTC, 6743).

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Lot 297 - (1557). PAUSANIAS. DE FLORENTISS. VETERIS GRAECIAE REGIONIBUS. Basel, Michael Isengrin, 1557. In-8° of [16]-802-[138] (of 140) pages, soft vellum (contemporary binding). Fourth edition edited by Romolo Amaseo (1489-1552), the Italian humanist credited with the first complete translation of Pausanias' works into Latin, and dedicated to Cardinal Farnese. Light rings at the corners of the leaves, the last leaf with the printer's mark is missing. Handwritten bookplate Jacobi Roselli (USTC 683335).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 298 - (1557). ULSTADT (Philippe). COELUM PHILOSOPHORUM, SEU LIBER DE SECRETIS NATURAE. Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1557. Large volume in-16 of 431-1bl.-13-1bl. pages, marbled calf, gilt lace, smooth spine (17th century binding). This rare book by the great Freiburg alchemist and Nuremberg physician contains the true principles of Hermetic philosophy. It is also a complete treatise on the art of distillation. It is decorated with 66 woodcuts, including 14 full-page ones depicting philosophical furnaces, retorts, athanors and other utensils used by alchemists. Ex-libris Joseph Tardy and Alvaro Pérez Osorio, Count of Altamira and Duke of Sesa, Marquis of Astorga (label). Worn binding. (Dorbon 4993, ed. 1572) (Caillet, 10914) (Baudrier, IX, 237-238) (USTC 152219).

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 299 - (1558-1557). MAROT (Clément). LES OEUVRES DE CLEMENT MAROT DE CAHORS, vallet de chambre du Roy. Revues et augmentées de nouveau (1558) - TRANSLATIONS by Clément Marot. La mort n'y mordre (1557). Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1558-1557. 2 parts of 592 and 320-[16] pages, chestnut morocco, gilt fillets with central finial and corner finials on boards, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (modern binding). Attractive and rare edition entirely composed in italic type; it is divided into 2 parts: the first containing the poems fused and classified by genre, the second, under separate pagination with the title dated 1557, contains translations of Virgil, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Petrarch's sonnets, David's Psalms, etc.., handsomely illustrated with 45 VIGNETTES ON WOOD drawn by Pierre Vase to illustrate the first two books of the Metamorphoses. Edition of 1557, only refreshed with a title for the first part dated 1558; the second part has undergone no transformation. This is the seventh edition published by the Lyon bookseller Guillaume Rouille. Minor defects, a very good copy entirely ruled in red ink (Baudrier IX, 240) (USTC 8157, 10 copies) (Brunet III, 1457).

Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Lot 300 - (1558). AUSONE. OPERA. Lyon, Jean de Tournes, 1558. In-8 of [16]-290-[12]-1bl. pages, basane, gilt fillet on covers, ornate ribbed spine, red tr. (18th c. binding). A handsome and rare edition by Guillaume de La Barge, with verses printed in italics and commentaries in roman. The title features a portrait of Ausone. Spine faded and hinges worn, otherwise a good copy. Bookplate of Jacques Annibal Claret de la Tourette (1692-1776), president of the Lyon mint court. (USTC, 152527) (Cartier n°390).

Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

Lot 301 - (1558). HERODOTE. OPERA LIBRI XIII. Ejusdem de genere uitaq. Homeri libellus, Conrad Heresbachio interprete. Lyon, Héritiers de Sébastien Gryphe, 1558. Large in-12 volume of 892-[122] pages, heavily covered gilt vellum, boards adorned with gilt "Persian" interlace decoration on a 3-point screened background and spandrels, gilt and chased edges with stylized foliage in dull gold paint on a bright gold background (period binding). Admirable Lyon edition printed in small italic type by the workshop of Sébastien Gryphe, who had died 2 years earlier; it was given by Conrad d'Heresbach, German theologian and tutor to William of Cleves. A perfectly preserved copy in gilt-stamped vellum with antiqued edges. Dry stamp of Charles Ludovic Linsa, English bibliophile (1862-1925). (Baudrier VIII, 290) (USTC 152507).

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

Lot 302 - (1558). SEYSSEL (Claude de). LA GRAND' MONARCHIE DE FRANCE, avec la loy Salicque, qui est la première & principale loy des Francoys. Paris, Galiot Du Pré, 1558. Small in-8 of [8]-133 pages (misf. 153), fawn morocco, gilt fillets, ornate spine, red tr. (19th century binding). A work destined for François 1er, in which the famous bishop of Marseille presents what the acts of a good monarchy should be. Decorated at the beginning with a woodcut vignette showing the king on his throne with his subjects. Small tear to title but not missing. (USTC 6776).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 303 - (1558). POLYDORE VERGILE. DE RERUM INVENTORIBUS LIBRI OCTO. Lyon, Jean de Tournes et Guill. Gaze, 1558. In-8 of [48]-527-1bl. pages, calf, ornate contemporary boards glued to a modern binding. Vergilius Polydorus (1470-1555) is one of the most interesting figures of the Renaissance. Born in Urbino, he lived in England for some 50 years. This book is the most important of his writing career, as it contains important passages on the history of printing and the history of medicine. "Lyon edition shared with the heirs of Sébastien Gryphe, which explains the presence of the achevé d'imprimer, which is exceptional in Tournésian imprints" (Cartier). Minor worm work in the margins of a few pages. Duplicate of Ecole Polytechnique with stamp on title. (Cartier n°425) (USTC 124454).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 304 - (1558). POLYBE. LES CINQ PREMIERS LIVRES DES HISTOIRES DE POLYBE, MEGALOPOLITEIN, autrefois traduits et mis en lumière par Louis Maigret, & derechef revuz, corrigez, & rendez plus entiers par lui sur l'exemplaire Grec. Lyon, by Jean de Tournes, 1558. In-folio, [12]-335-17] pages uncounted, hardback vellum (Pagnant). The only edition of Polybius printed by J. de Tournes. Although there was a first translation by Maigret (1542), this one features unpublished fragments for books IX to XV and XVII. Titled in the handsome Midas frame, each book and plot opens with a splendid letter with a riddled background. The folded painting of the Roman camp is present at the end of the liminaries. A beautifully preserved copy. (Cartier n°415) (Brunet IV, 791) (USTC, 1146).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 305 - (1558). SYMEONI (Gabriel). THE ILLUSTRIOUS ANTIQUE OBSERVATIONS OF THE FLORENTINE LORD GABRIEL SYMEON. En son dernier voyage d'Italie l'an 1557. Lyon, by Jean de Tournes, 1558. In-4° of [16]-134-2bl. pages, stiff ivory vellum, gilt fillet on boards, gilt edges (19th century binding). First edition. In his dedication dated August 1, 1558 to Prince Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Symeoni (1509-1575) indicates that he composed the text in 2 languages. This French version was the first to be printed, while the second in Italian was dated August 20th of the same year: "This work, admirably printed, is adorned with 51 woodcuts reproducing inscriptions, ancient steles, medals and statues. Some vignettes attributed to Bernard Salomon are of great merit, in particular, p. 29, the Fountain of Vaucluse, p. 96, the Fountain of Anet and p. 97 the metamorphosis of Actéon. And also 12 wooden signs of the zodiac in the Roman calendar. The ingenuity of the layout is quite remarkable". (Brun, Le livre illustré de la Renaissance, p. 294). A very good copy. (USTC 41595) (Mortimer, French n°497) (Cartier n°420).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 306 - (1558). SYMEONI (Gabriel). THE ILLUSTRIOUS ANTIQUE OBSERVATIONS OF THE FLORENTINE LORD GABRIEL SYMEON. En son dernier voyage d'Italie l'an 1557. Lyon, by Jean de Tournes, 1558. In-4° of [16]-134-2bl. pages, fawn calf, triple fillet over boards, spine decorated with small irons, gilt edges (Bound by Bedford). Identical to the previous issue. From the Huth library with bookplate. Prestigious library begun by Henry Huth (1815-1878) and continued by his son Alfred. The library was dispersed by Sotheby's in several sales between 1911 and 1920.

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 307 - (1558-55). DU CHOUL (G). DISCORSO DELLA RELIGIONE ANTICA DE ROMANI... Et tradotto in Toscano da M. Gabrielo Symeoni Fiorentino. Lyon, Guill. Rouille, 1558. In-folio of 248-[6] pages, stiff vellum (period binding). First Italian edition unknown to Baudrier at this date, and ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LYONIAN BOOKS OF THE 16th CENTURY. Its illustration, attributed by Baudrier to Pierre Eskrich, identical to the French edition published 2 years earlier, includes 554 MEDAL REPRODUCTIONS AND 47 miscellaneous woodcuts, including 5 full-page "largely executed". Continued: - DISCORSO SOPRA LA CASTRAMETATIONE ET DISCIPLINA MILITARE DE ROMANI Lyon, G. Rouille, 1555. 2 parts of [8]-102-2bl. 1 folding plate-38-[9]-1bl. pages 37 figures depicting Roman soldiers, war machines and a folding plate for the plan of a Roman camp and 6 large figures for baths (USTC 154385-154274) (Baudrier pour la Castramentation IX, 220). 2 quires interchanged at binding, Mailly's armorial bookplate, with motto "Hogne qui vonra" and his signature on title. A very fine copy, with wide margins.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 308 - (1559). BUTEO-[BORREL (Jean)]. OPERA GEOMETRICA... Lyon, Michel Jove, 1559 (In fine Thomas Bertheau, 1554) In-4°, 158-[2] pages, contemporary soft vellum, double gilt fillet on covers, gilt Renaissance motif at center of covers, gilt edges, remnants of green silk fastenings, in modern red half-maroquin folder and slipcase. Second edition of this treatise by Jean Borrel (or Johannes Buteo), a Dauphin mathematician born in 1492 and a pupil of cartographer Oronce Finé in Paris, of which only the first 6 leaves, including the title, have been altered from the original (see 1554). The treatise is lavishly illustrated with diagrams and curious woodcuts, and is divided into 15 main chapters on different subjects: the construction of Noah's Ark, squaring the circle, river waters, Caesar's aqueduct-bridge, islands... The first 9 deal with mechanical, arithmetic and geometric problems. This is the most interesting book by the author, who later quarreled with Oronce Finé, before retiring to his estate at Balan, a popular place for the abbots of Saint-Antoine; one plate shows the author's house. A magnificent copy, kept pure in its gilt-stamped vellum, which has preserved large margins. (USTC 152716) (Adams B-3357).

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Lot 309 - (1559). ARATOS DE SOLES. PHENOMENA. Paris, Guillaume Morel, 1559. In-4°, [4]-132 pages, lavaliere calf, gilt fillet on covers, ornate ribbed spine (17th century binding). Greek version of the poem "Les Phénomènes", composed by the Greek astronomer and poet. The latter composed one hundred acrostics totalling 1154 verses in Greek, recounting the main phenomena that still intrigue us today (rainbows, aurora borealis, cyclones, constellations, etc.). Such was the popularity of Phenomena that it became the most widely read poem in antiquity, after Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. The first 56 acrostics are accompanied by their Latin translations, handwritten at the time. Fine Greek printing by Guillaume Morel, the King's printer for the Greek language. The 2 plates are in the part printed in Latin that is sometimes found with the Greek text. Spine entirely rebound (USTC, 152724).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 310 - (1559). DU CHOUL (Guillaume). DISCORSO DEL RE & BAGLY DELLE MONTAGNE DEL DELFINATO SOPRA LA CASTRAMETATIONE & BAGNI ANTICHI DE I GRECI ET ROMANI. (Padua), Marcantonio Olmo, 1559. In-8 of 80-[3] leaves, vellum, title in calligraphy on spine (contemporary binding). Illustrated with 43 vignettes, which are poor forgeries of Lyon woods. Missing the plate of the Roman camp announced in the title and the last leaf (blank?). (USTC 827779).

Estim. 200 - 250 EUR

Lot 311 - (1560). BIBLIA. TESTAMENTI NOVI. Editio vulgata. Lyon, heirs of Sébastien Gryphe, 1560. 2 volumes in 1 vol. in-16 of 477-3bl.-333-1bl.-[16(of 20] pages, modern binding with antique vellum. Reprint of the edition first published by Sébastien Gryphe in 1542, illustrated with 105 woodcuts in the text, 3 of which (Mathieu, Luc and Jean) bear the monogram I.F., and appear to be the work of Johan Franck after Baudrier, Jacques Faber after Vogelin and Jean Froben after Didot. The last leaf (printer's mark?) is missing. (Baudrier, VIII, 299) (USTC 153017, 3 copies) (Mortimer French n°90).

Estim. 400 - 600 EUR

Lot 312 - (1560). SYMEONI (Gabriel). DIALOGO PIO ET SPECULATIVO. Lione, Guillaume Rouillé, 1560. In-4° of 230-2bl.-[14]-2bl. pages, ivory vellum (contemporary binding). First edition. Description of the Limagne d'Auvergne, in which Syméoni identifies the site of Gergovie, illustrated with 59 woodcuts by Pierre Vase and 2 other woodcuts: the author's tomb and a view of the château de Polignac (p. 192), which appear for the first time and "reveal the talent and incomparable craftsmanship of the Master with the Capeline" (Baudrier). THE LARGE REPLICATED MAP, DRAWN BY SYMEONI, IS THE FIRST OF AUVERGNE, and was used by Ortélius and Blaeu. Slightly unbound copy, still very pure (Baudrier, IX, 266-67) (USTC 154462) (Mortimer, French no. 498). Italian manuscript bookplate.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 313 - (1560). SYMEONI (Gabriel). DIALOGO PIO ET SPECULATIVO. Lione, Guillaume Rouillé, 1560. In-4° of 230-2bl.-[14]-2bl. pages, speckled calf, ornate smooth spine, gilt arms in center of boards (17th century binding). Identical to the previous issue, but bound after the same author: LE SENTENTIO IMPRESE ET DIALOGO. Lyone, G. Rouillé, 1560. 143 leaves. Illustrated with 126 fine mid-page engraved emblems. (Baudrier IX, 270-71) Mottling, boards bowed, map poorly restored, arms unidentified, poor copy.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

Lot 314 - (1560). SYMEONI (Gabriel). DIALOGO PIO ET SPECULATIVO. Lione, Guillaume Rouillé, 1560. In-4° of 230-2bl.-[14]-2bl. pages, velin souple (contemporary binding). First edition. Copy without the map of Auvergne. Average condition.

Estim. 100 - 200 EUR

Lot 315 - (1560). VINCENT DE LERINS. PRO CATHOLICAE FIDEI ANTIQUITATE & VERITATE, ADVERSUS PROPHANAS... Antwerp, Jean Steels, 1560. Small in-12 of 66 leaves, ivory vellum with flap, stitching on spine (period binding). Vincent de Lérins (died c. 1450) was a priest at the monastery on the island of Lérins, off the coast of Cannes. Edition with Jean Coster's notes on the Commonitorium. Handwritten inscription of the Collège des Récollets on the title. A good copy. (Not at USTC).

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

Lot 316 - (1560-66). POLDO D'ALBENAS (Jean). DISCOURS HISTORIAL DE L'ANTIQUE ET ILLUSTRE CITE DE NISMES. Lyon, by Guillaume Rouille, 1560. In-folio of [22]-225-[14] pages, brown calf, cold-stamped boards, ribbed spine (period binding). Description of the city, especially the Amphitheatre, the Maison carrée, the Temple de la Fontaine and the tombs, all of which are carefully described. The illustration includes a handsome title frame, 14 DOUBLE OFF-TEXT PLATES mounted in 7 plates that were mounted at the time, namely: La Maison carrée (2) - Temple de la Fontaine (2) - Pont du Gard (1) - Amphithéatre dict les Arènes (2), 4 full-page figures representing a plan of the city walls, a view of the city and two statues, as well as 5 vignettes of numismatics and epigraphy, all wood-engraved. The volume ends with a table of places, cities and rivers. Two curious chapters concern mullet fishing in the Etang de Latera and the "petits fromaiges vermeillons" made in Les Baux de Provence. (USTC 24395) (Baudrier IX, 268). Bound in suite: - CHAUMEAU (Jean). HISTOIRE DE BERRY, contenant l'origine, antiquités, gestes, prouesses, privilèges et libertés des berruyers. Lyon, Antoine Gryphe, 1566. [8]-365-3bl.-[24] pages. First edition with woodcut title, large folding map of Berry, folded view of Bourges, 79 engraved coats of arms of the aldermen of Bourges, one page of engraved coins and numerous initials (USTC 7242). Boards rubbed, minor interior defects.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Lot 317 - (1560). POLDO D'ALBENAS (Jean). DISCOURS HISTORIAL DE L'ANTIQUE ET ILLUSTRE CITE DE NISMES. Lyon, by Guillaume Rouille, 1560. Large in-4° of [12]-226-[14] pages, muted bradel cardboard, (XIX° binding). Identical to the previous issue except for 13 hors-texte plates, including 3 double plates (out of 4), and 7 woodcuts in the text. The city view is missing. Handwritten bookplate at the bottom of the title "Sum Georgii a Werdenstein". (1542-1608), canon of Augsburg, bibliophile and musicologist with one of the largest libraries of his time.

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Lot 318 - (1561). GREGOIRE DE TOURS. HISTORIAE FRANCORUM LIBRI DECEM. ADONIS VIENNENSIS CHRONICA - DE GLORIA MARTYRUM LIBRI DUO. Paris, Guillaume Morel, G. Guillard, A. Warancore, 1561. 3 parts of [32]-639-1bl.-[30]-2bl. pages and (4]-247 (2 misplaced)-[36] pages and [14]-2bl.-307(misfigured 265) pages in 1 large volume in-8, fawn calf, gilt irons at corners and center of boards (period binding). Reunion in one volume of L'Histoire des Francs by Saint Grégoire de Tours, the father of French history, followed by La Chronique universelle by Saint Adon de Vienne and 2 treatises entitled De gloria Martyrum and De gloria confessorum. Each part has its own dated title, the last of 1563. Title soiled, spine rebound (Tchemerzine III, 485) (USTC 153129).

Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Lot 319 - (1561). (HONTER). PROCLUS (D.). De Sphaera. - CLEOMEDES. DE MUNDO - ARATUS DE SOLI. PHAENOMENA - DIONYSIUS. DESCRIPTIO ORBIS HABITABILIS - HONTER (J.). DE COSMOGRAPHIAE RUDIMENTIS. Basel, Henri Pierre, 1561. 5 parts in 1 volume in-8 of [8] (of 16)-79-1bl.-301-985-[1] pages, saddle-skin, boards stamped on wood, copper clasps (period binding). Johannes Honter (1498-1549) first published his Rudimenta Cosmographica in 1530 with just 2 maps, then extended it to 14 maps for his 1546 edition. In 1561, a new set of 24 maps based on the same style was published by the Baltic printer Henri Pierre, with Greek and Latin text in 2 columns. This volume is illustrated with an ARMILLA SPHERE, a woodcut showing Proclus teaching and the famous 24 GRAVE MAPS on wood (Map of the World, Ireland, Spain, Majorca, France, England, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy, Sicily, Greece, Iceland, The Holy Land, Cyprus, India, Java, India, Sumatra (Taproba), South Africa, Madeira, North Africa, Malta, Egypt, Cuba). The heart-shaped world map is a version with North and South America completely redrawn; it is surrounded by a border with stars, clouds and wind heads. Missing the general title and the first 6 pages (Dedication and abridged biographies of the authors), the copy is in fine condition in its contemporary stamped binding (USTC, 686898). From the library of the bibliophile Paul Schmidt (1834-1907) with his bookplate.

Estim. 1 000 - 1 500 EUR

LITERARY TREASURES OF THE RENAISSANCE - PART 2

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Lot 1 - ALPHABETICAL TABLE We have disregarded blank leaves in the collations, except when they are placed in the body of the work.

Lot 238 - (1549). PLAY. COMEDIAE VINGINTI. Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1549. Fort in-12, 1078 pages, vellum (contemporary binding). Fine edition in italics. Fines galeries in bottom margin, spine forcé (USTC 150186) (Baudrier VIII, 232).

Lot 249 - (1551). PETRARQUE. IL PERTARCA CON NUOVE E BREVI DICHIARATIONI. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1551. In-16, 576-[32] pages, red morocco, gilt fillet on covers, ornate ribbed spine, gilt edges (17th century binding). Same as previous issue. A good copy. (Baudrier IX, 190) (USTC 11603).

Lot 283 - (After 1555). CICERON. LE PISTOLE DI CICERONE AD ATTICO, FATTE VOLGARI DA M. MATTEO SENAREGA. Venice, (Alde, no date). In-8, 399 pages, vellum (contemporary binding). Aldine forgery copying page for page and line for line the 1555 edition. (USTC 822369) (Renouard, Alde, p. 164).

Lot 314 - (1560). SYMEONI (Gabriel). DIALOGO PIO ET SPECULATIVO. Lione, Guillaume Rouillé, 1560. In-4° of 230-2bl.-[14]-2bl. pages, velin souple (contemporary binding). First edition. Copy without the map of Auvergne. Average condition.