Guevara, Antonio de Livre dore de Marc Aurele... traduict de vulgaire Castillian en Francoys par R.B. de la Grise... Nouvellement reveu et corrige. Paris: Guillaume le Bret (Etienne Caveiller, 9 November) 1538 8vo (148 x 92mm.), title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, ruled in red, yellow initial strokes, contemporary stamped calf, manuscript fragments in binding, lacking p5, x4-5 and Aa3-6, calf slightly defective, spine repaired, lacking two pairs of ties This was issued with the name of different Parisian booksellers on the title-page; we have not traced another copy naming le Bret. The translator was René Berthault de la Grise. LITERATURE:BP16 108922; Renouard 914; USTC 37979 (none of these mentioning Le Bret) PROVENANCE:Doragny(?) avocat, signature on title-page; P. de Jollant, signature on rear flyleaf; Richard Heber, stamp on rear flyleaf, sale, part 1, Sotheby's, 28 April 1834, lot 4234, 1s., to Cruse; D.L. Cumming, signature on inside front coverCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Guevara, Antonio de Livre dore de Marc Aurele... traduict de vulgaire Castillian en Francoys par R.B. de la Grise... Nouvellement reveu et corrige. Paris: Guillaume le Bret (Etienne Caveiller, 9 November) 1538 8vo (148 x 92mm.), title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, ruled in red, yellow initial strokes, contemporary stamped calf, manuscript fragments in binding, lacking p5, x4-5 and Aa3-6, calf slightly defective, spine repaired, lacking two pairs of ties This was issued with the name of different Parisian booksellers on the title-page; we have not traced another copy naming le Bret. The translator was René Berthault de la Grise. LITERATURE:BP16 108922; Renouard 914; USTC 37979 (none of these mentioning Le Bret) PROVENANCE:Doragny(?) avocat, signature on title-page; P. de Jollant, signature on rear flyleaf; Richard Heber, stamp on rear flyleaf, sale, part 1, Sotheby's, 28 April 1834, lot 4234, 1s., to Cruse; D.L. Cumming, signature on inside front coverCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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