385
Joan de Tournes
Insignium, 1559.
Estimate:
€ 800 / $ 920 Sold:
€ 1,309 / $ 1,505 (incl. surcharge)
385
Joan de Tournes
Insignium, 1559.
Estimate:
€ 800 / $ 920 Sold:
€ 1,309 / $ 1,505 (incl. surcharge)
Cartier 442. - Mortimer 527. - BM STC, French Books S. 388. - Adams I 23. - Brun S. 225. - Erste und einzige Ausgabe. - Die Medaillon-Porträts meist mit antiken Gelehrten, Dichtern, Redner etc. "A number of this portraits differ markedly from those of the same subjects in the 1533 Rouillé Promptuaire des medalles series. There is some variation in quality, and they appear to be the work of more than one artist ... Blocks from the Icones series were printed also in some versions of de Tournes's Thesaurus amicorum ..." (Mortimer) - Ohne die letzten 2 w. Bll. - Mit goldgepr. Ldr.-Exlibris von R. E. Cartier, Neffe und Erbe des de Tournes-Bibliographen.
Only edition. With woodcut printer's device on title and 145 woodcut portraits. Later vellum with label. - Lacking the last 2 blanks. - Fine copy. Gilt leather bookplate R. E. Cartier, Alfred Cartier's nephew and heir.
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