Lot 6
Alciatus (Andreas) Les Emblemes, Paris, Chrestien Wechel, 1540.
Hammer Price: £2,600
Description
Alciatus (Andreas) Les Emblemes, collation: A-P8 Q4, French and Latin text, woodcut device on title, another version on final recto, 113 emblematic woodcut illustrations by Jean or Mercure Jollat, tiny repaired hole in A5, slight stain to title, some early ink annotations washed causing ink to leave some stains, later citron morocco, gilt, by Duru, g.e., 8vo (153 x 94mm.), Paris, Chrestien Wechel, 1540.
⁂ One of two 1540 editions, illustrated with the same woodcuts from the first French edition of 1536, attributed to Mercure Jollat. The solemn Gothic type of the earlier edition is replaced by a more easily readable roman and italic. The first edition appeared in 1531, but it was the Paris editions that 'set the standard for the popular field of emblematic literature' (Mortimer).
Provenance: Contemporary annotations in French (washed); bought from Antonio López, 1944; Isidoro Fernandez (2 ex-libris).
Literature: Landwehr, Romanic Emblem Books, 21; cf. Mortimer, Harvard French, 13; not in Praz.
Description
Alciatus (Andreas) Les Emblemes, collation: A-P8 Q4, French and Latin text, woodcut device on title, another version on final recto, 113 emblematic woodcut illustrations by Jean or Mercure Jollat, tiny repaired hole in A5, slight stain to title, some early ink annotations washed causing ink to leave some stains, later citron morocco, gilt, by Duru, g.e., 8vo (153 x 94mm.), Paris, Chrestien Wechel, 1540.
⁂ One of two 1540 editions, illustrated with the same woodcuts from the first French edition of 1536, attributed to Mercure Jollat. The solemn Gothic type of the earlier edition is replaced by a more easily readable roman and italic. The first edition appeared in 1531, but it was the Paris editions that 'set the standard for the popular field of emblematic literature' (Mortimer).
Provenance: Contemporary annotations in French (washed); bought from Antonio López, 1944; Isidoro Fernandez (2 ex-libris).
Literature: Landwehr, Romanic Emblem Books, 21; cf. Mortimer, Harvard French, 13; not in Praz.
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