Lot n° 1117

ALARDUS AMSTELREDAMUS Selectae similitudines sive collationes, tum ex Bibliis sacris, tum ex veteru(m) Orthodoxoru(m) Co(m)me(n)tariis. 1543 P. Le Preux, 8vo, cont. limp overl. vellum, flat spine, [44]-304 ff. (paper age-toned, bottom margin somewhat...

Estimation : 500 / 600
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
dampstained). Good copy.
Apparently unrecorded 12th issue of this 1543 Paris ed. of the popular collection of Biblical proverbs, parables etc. for preachers by the Louvain theologian Alard of Amsterdam (1491-1544). Renouard calls for 11 issues of this ed. (by i.a. A. Berthelin, J. Bignon, A. L’Angelier), but was not aware of this 12th one by the bookseller and publisher Ponset Le Preux... Old inscription on title. 
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