ARMORIAL BINDING. [LEGATURA RICHELIEU] RICHELIEU, Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal de. Traité de la perfection du chrestien. Paris, Antoine Vitré, s.d. [1646]
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Description
4-to, mm. 255x195; contemporary armorial binding, full red morocco, with framing covers in the style 'du Seuil', gold emblem in the middle, ornate back to small irons, entirely gilded cuts; unnumbered 10 pages, including half-title and engraved Frontispiece, p. 414, 2 blank, [4, Index].
Illustrated Frontispiece with the title engraved by Mellan, Initials, Headpieces and Culs-de-lampe, all engraved copper. Heraldic bookplate engraved glued to the first inside-cover, unreadable signature on the half-title.
ORIGINAL POSTHUMOUS EDITION. Armorial binding of Richelieu. The famous Cardinal began the preparation of this work, which aims to guide the faithful towards the "perfection of the Christian", in 1636, but the manuscript was discovered only after his death in 1642. The final text, arranged by employees of Richelieu, the bishop of Chartres Jacques Lescot and Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, was published in a small number of examples from the author's niece, the Duchess d'Aiguillon.
For the armorial binding of Cardinal Richelieu, see Olivier 406, fer. # 2.
Later endpapers, nice specimen with wide margins. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
Illustrated Frontispiece with the title engraved by Mellan, Initials, Headpieces and Culs-de-lampe, all engraved copper. Heraldic bookplate engraved glued to the first inside-cover, unreadable signature on the half-title.
ORIGINAL POSTHUMOUS EDITION. Armorial binding of Richelieu. The famous Cardinal began the preparation of this work, which aims to guide the faithful towards the "perfection of the Christian", in 1636, but the manuscript was discovered only after his death in 1642. The final text, arranged by employees of Richelieu, the bishop of Chartres Jacques Lescot and Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, was published in a small number of examples from the author's niece, the Duchess d'Aiguillon.
For the armorial binding of Cardinal Richelieu, see Olivier 406, fer. # 2.
Later endpapers, nice specimen with wide margins. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
