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161 - GAUTRUCHE (Pierre). L'Histoire poétique, pour l'intelligence…
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GAUTRUCHE (Pierre). L'Histoire poétique, pour l'intelligence des poètes et des auteurs anciens. Rare and beautiful specimen of an anonymous master binding of the late seventeenth century. The Hague, Abraham Arondeus, 1681. In-12 (140x80mm), full red morocco, spine with 5 raised bands, decorated with gilt fleurons, covers richly decorated with small irons in a "fanfare" style and framed with a roulette, all edges gilt (period binding). [4ff. 279pp. 1f. + [12ff. table bound between p. 16 & 17]. 2cm splits at head of spine of first board and tail of spine of second board. Mention of "quastrième édition"; the first edition appeared in French in 1645 in Caen with Jean Cavelier, under the title "Histoire poétique, pour l'intelligence des Poëtes et des Auteurs Anciens", then in 1750, in Latin, in Liège with the Veuve Hovius, under the title "Historia poetica ad faciliorem poetarum et veterum auctorum intelligentiam". The title was reprinted many times throughout Europe until 1976. It was a school work, intended to give pupils in Jesuit schools throughout Europe a kind of methodical description of the gods of Latin mythology. It was written by Pierre Gautruche (1602-1681), a priest of the Society of Jesus, who taught humanities, philosophy, theology and especially mathematics, in which he made remarkable progress for his century.
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About the sale Prestige sale - Antiquarian and collectible books
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Auction time 06/15/2026 at 2:00 PM
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