Sanctus GREGORIUS Turonensis. Historiae francorum libri decem [...]. Parisiis, apud Guil. Morelium, et Gulielmum Guillard, ac Almaricum Warancore (excudebat Guil. Morellus), 1561.
Estimation :
300 / 350
Adjudication :
300 €
Description
In-8° : [32]-639-[31]-[2 bl.] pp. (light marginal dampstains, contemporary ms. notes and underlinings, rare marginal tears with lack, some pp. slightly yellowed at the end). Contemporary emblazoned binding : calf, boards encircled with a double gilt fillet and with a gilt crown in the center, gilt decorated ribbed spine, red sprinkled edges (leather cracked, lacks at the turn ins, small lacks of leather, 3 corners strongly dulled). Famous work of saint Gregory, bishop of Tours, the main contemporary source for the Merovingian history.
# Adams G-1130;
# USTC 153129;
# STC French p. 207 (3 parts in 1 vol. of which the following); # Machiels G-490 (2 parts in 1 vol.);
# not in Soltész.
BOUND WITH, same author :
•De gloria martyrum libri duo. Eiusdem Gregorii, De gloria confessorum. Opus christianum, et antiquis fidelium historiis plenum [...]. Parisiis, apud Guil. Morelium, 1563 (Kal. decem). [14]-[2 bl.]-307 pp. (small foxing at the end). # USTC 154573; # not in Adams, Machiels, Soltész, STC French.
Copy with the printer's marks, one ornemental head-piece and initials heightened, sometimes enhanced with gold or silver. A few initials are drawned in ink colours.
Provenance : count Paul de Malden de la Bastille, prior to 1789 when the Bastille was destroyed (emblazoned ex libris, stamp and supra libros).
Célèbre histoire de Grégoire de Tours, avec les traités "À la gloire des martyrs" et "À la gloire des confesseurs" reliés à la suite. Ex. avec initiales, dont certaines tracées à la main, marques de l'imprimeur et 1 bandeau ornementé rehaussés, parfois d'or ou d'argent. Plein veau de l'ép. (claires mouill. marg., cuir craquelé).
# Adams G-1130;
# USTC 153129;
# STC French p. 207 (3 parts in 1 vol. of which the following); # Machiels G-490 (2 parts in 1 vol.);
# not in Soltész.
BOUND WITH, same author :
•De gloria martyrum libri duo. Eiusdem Gregorii, De gloria confessorum. Opus christianum, et antiquis fidelium historiis plenum [...]. Parisiis, apud Guil. Morelium, 1563 (Kal. decem). [14]-[2 bl.]-307 pp. (small foxing at the end). # USTC 154573; # not in Adams, Machiels, Soltész, STC French.
Copy with the printer's marks, one ornemental head-piece and initials heightened, sometimes enhanced with gold or silver. A few initials are drawned in ink colours.
Provenance : count Paul de Malden de la Bastille, prior to 1789 when the Bastille was destroyed (emblazoned ex libris, stamp and supra libros).
Célèbre histoire de Grégoire de Tours, avec les traités "À la gloire des martyrs" et "À la gloire des confesseurs" reliés à la suite. Ex. avec initiales, dont certaines tracées à la main, marques de l'imprimeur et 1 bandeau ornementé rehaussés, parfois d'or ou d'argent. Plein veau de l'ép. (claires mouill. marg., cuir craquelé).
