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Lot no. 126
JUSTINIAN.
Institutiones iuris civilis. S.l. [Geneva, Simon Du Bosc & Guillaume Guéroult], 1555. In-8, olive morocco, double fillet, coat of arms in the centre and numeral in the corners, spine decorated, gilt edges (Binding of the period).
Rare Geneva edition. Mark with crowned palm on title.
A ruled copy, with the arms and figures of Audebert Catin, seigneur du Vau et de Chartrettes, counsellor and secretary to the King, treasurer and paymaster of the gens d'armes of the Constable de Montmorency (OHR, pl. 633; Guigard, t. II, p. 117).
The spine of the binding, which bore only the title and cipher of this bibliophile, was decorated in the 17th century with a small repeated fleuron and a palette on the headpieces.
Handwritten bookplate on the title. Bookplate of the journalist and playwright Henri Lavedan (1859-1940).
Fine restoration to binding, slight scratch to first cover.
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