Persius 17th armorial presentation binding (1 résultats)
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JUVENAL & PERSIUS. 17th armorial presentation binding of one of the finest editions of the classics published by the Royal Press founded in 1640
Edité par Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1644
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Vendeur : Hünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB, London, Royaume-UniHünersdorff Rare Books ABA ILAB
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. Juvenalis Satyrae [including Auli Persii Flacci Satyrae]. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1644. Folio. 179pp. With engraved royal arms of France on title, 2 finely engraved head-pieces, 2 initials and 2 tail-pieces. Contemporary French brown sprinkled calf with the arms of Cardi…nal Mazarin (1601-1662) gilt-stamped in centres of sides within gilt line borders and with gilt lilies in corners; gilt edged; neatly rehinged. One of the finest editions of the classics published by the Imprimerie Royale, founded in 1640 by Louis XIII on the advice of Cardinal Richelieu to raise the standards of printing in France. The best paper and types were obtained, and seven presses were installed in the Louvre. French school prize presentation copy to a deserving pupil with manuscript entry on recto of front flyleaf in an early hand : 'Ingenuo adolescenti Stephano Joanni baptistae Duchesne amoris pignus et sapientiae Testimonium D.D. a Theru'. In very good condition. Bernard, Histoire de l'Imprimerie Royale, p125; Updike, Printing Types, vol. I, pp239-240. Signed by Author(s).
