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CHARTIER (Alain). The Works of the late Master Alain Chartie…
See original version (French)
63
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CHARTIER (Alain). The Works of the late Master Alain Chartie…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
CHARTIER (Alain).
The Works of the late Master Alain Chartier, who in his lifetime served as secretary to the late King Charles VII. Newly printed, revised and corrected....
They are on sale in Paris... at Galliot Du Pré’s bookshop, 1529.
In large 16mo format, (12)-CCCLX ff. (incorrectly numbered CCCLXVI), [sign. a8-b4; a8-z8; &8; A8-Z8], title in red and black, engraved woodcuts and sieve-printed initials. Modern brown morocco, ribbed spine, title, place and date gilded, double blind-stamped border framing the panels and covers, gilded border on the edges and caps, roulette and triple gilded border on the inside, gilded edges. [R. Aussourd] (title slightly tarnished, last leaf slightly faded and discreetly restored, a few light foxing spots, old handwritten marks redacted in the margins of a few folios).
Catalogue entry:
First edition in round type and illustrated, printed by Pierre Vidoue for Galliot du Pré (as stated in the colophon).
Wood-engraved typographic mark by Galliot du Pré and 10 wood-engraved vignettes in the text, some taken from 15th-century editions, others appearing in the *Roman de la rose* published in the same year.
A fine copy in an elegant binding by René Aussourd.
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