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20 - DU CHOUL (Guillaume). Los Discursos de la religion, castrame…
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Estimate €300 - €400
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DU CHOUL (Guillaume). Los Discursos de la religion, castramentaçion, assiento del campo, baños y exerçiçios de los antiguos Romanos y Griegos. En Leon de Francia [Lyon], Guillaume Rouillé, 1579. 2 parts in one volume in-4, granite-coloured basane, spine decorated, mottled edges (17th century binding). First Spanish edition, translated by Baltasar Pérez del Castillo, of these two treatises by Guillaume du Choul, a famous amateur from Lyon whose collections of antiquities prefigured the curiosity cabinets of the 17th century. It is illustrated with numerous woodcuts, including a large folded plate showing the layout of a Roman camp. From the library of Antoine-Marie Chenavard (1787-1883), architect from Lyon, author of a famous Voyage pittoresque en Grèce et dans le Levant, with stamp at the foot of the title. Minor rubbing, one corner broken, one spine cracked, light scattered foxing, minor repairs to folded plate, not missing. Baudrier, IX, 372 - USTC, 342911.
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About the sale Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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