Sales catalogue 484: Maggs Bros

Date:
1926
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/47
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 484: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 Diverses petites Poésies du Chevalier d’Aceilly. i2mo. Calf, three gilt lines on sides, gilt back, g. e., by Dunézat. Paris, imprimées chez André Cramotsy, rue Saint lacques, au Sacrifice d’ Abraham, proche la Poste, 1667. — Avec Privilege du Roy. Et se donnent au Palais. 10 tos From the Prosper Blanchemain collection, It is believed that the words Ht se donnent au Palais were taken seriously by the public. At any rate, they were promptly suppressed by the publisher and are to be found in extremely few copies. AESOP. Les Fables et la Vie d’Esope, Phrygien, traduites de nouveau en Francoys selon la verité Grecque. 49) Printed in “ caracteres de civilité (script type). 12mo. Olive morocco, gilt lines on sides, g. e., by Bauzonnet. Antwerp, Jehan Bellere, de Vimprimerie d’Amé Tavernier, 1561. (SEE ILLUSTRATION, PLATE NO. I.). £31 Ios A very pretty little book. From the Firmin-Didot collection. ALBERTI (LEone BatTTIsTA),. Hecatomphile, De vulgarie Italien tourné en langaige Frangoys. Les fleurs de Poesie Francoyse. 12mo. Bound by Ducastin in brown calf, g. e. Paris, Galliot Du Pré, 1534. £40 From the Prosper Blanchemain collection. This publication of the famous Paris Bookseller, Galliot Du Pré, is not known to Tilley, who has published a list of Du Pré’s publications in his Studies in the French Renaissance.”’ : A manuscript note by Blanchemain suggests that Mellin de St. Gelais may be the translator. .
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