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98 - BOAISTUAU (Pierre). Histoires prodigieuses, extraictes de pl…
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BOAISTUAU (Pierre). Histoires prodigieuses, extraictes de plusieurs fameux autheurs, grecs & latins, sacrez & prophanes, divisées en cinq livres. A fantastic illustrated bestiary from the end of the Renaissance. Antwerp, Guislain Janssens, 1594. In-12 (160x100mm), full vellum, smooth spine, titling in bistre ink (later binding). 720pp [4ff]; 90 woodcuts in text. Several restorations of leaves, notably the title page along the entire length of the inner margin, the table leaves; slight accidents (creases, tears) in the outer margin of leaves 557 to 564; foxing. "New edition, augmented by several stories" of this collection of marvellous tales inherited from the tradition inaugurated by Pierre Boaistuau in the mid-16? The 1594 edition (the first was published in 1560) contains more and more stories of monsters, natural wonders, apparitions, catastrophes and extraordinary events, presented as signs sent by God to warn against sin and call for repentance. At the crossroads of chronicle, moral treatise and sensational narrative, the work is an illustrated reflection of the fears and beliefs of the late Renaissance. This edition is illustrated with 92 woodcuts, most of them depicting fantastic creatures, including cerberi, tiara-wearing devils, sylphs, Siamese twins, child-eating dogs and other natural wonders.
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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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