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Description
OSORIO.
Hieronymus Osorius of Lusitania, *De gloria*, 5 books. Dedicated to John III, King of Lusitania. By the same author, *De nobilitate ciuili et christiana*, 5 volumes
Basel, published by Pertum Pernam (Petrus Perna), 1576.
In-12, endpapers, title page, wood-engraved initials with figures, (3) folios of dedicatory epistle, (14) folios of index, 511 pp. Vellum stamped (with arabesques and pomegranates) on wooden boards with period metal clasps, ribbed spine, traces of an old handwritten title (the vellum is slightly tarnished with a few stains, some traces of water damage and oxidation, although these are not very pronounced)
The Portuguese humanist and theologian Jerónimo Osório
One of the editions
In 1576, a famous edition of his philosophical treatise entitled *De gloria: libri quinque* (*On Glory: Five Books*) was published. This work is dedicated to King John III of Portugal (indicated in the full Latin title by the phrase ‘ad Ioannem tertium Lusitaniae regem’)
flowers and arabesques.
A handwritten ex libris from the period bearing the title ‘Christophori Reckhÿ (or Keckhÿ)’, a student, teacher or pastor from the Rhine region (Switzerland, Alsace, Baden-Württemberg)
Personal library of a Swiss scholar
No copy held by the CCFr.
Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné.
Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller with a passion for bookbinding, a flautist and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, was as much at home in Parisian artistic and literary circles as he was in the world of the Arts Décoratifs and their schools, thanks to his uncle, the architect and academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were mainly staged in the Paris region.
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