Traitant les hauts Faits d'Armes, Amours & vertus nompareilles, avec les estranges Avantures mises à fin tant par les Princes illustres yssus de la noble maison d'Amadis, qu'autres vaillans Chevaliers, en la queste & pourchas de la delivrance des deux ieunes Princes Safiraman & Hercules d'Astre./ Le vingt et troisiesme/ Le vingt et quatriesme et dernier livre d'Amadis de Gaule. Continuant a traiter des Amours, gestes & faicts Heroiques de plusieurs illustres & vertueux Princes descendus de la race du grand Amadis: & notamment du vaillant Fulgoran, fils de Rogel de Grece & de la Roine Florelle. Paris, O. de Varennes (book 22)/ C. Rigaud (book 23)/ G. Robinot (book 24) 1615. 3 vols., (26),857,(10); (8),920,(12); ((8),853, (17) p., w. 3 ident. engr. frontisp. by Iaspar Isac, 18th unif. mor., all vols. w. triple gilt fillet line around sides, gilt edges of covers and inside dentelles, gilt and ribbed spines, a.e.g.
Book 23 lvs NnIV and NnV replaced in neat manuscript, leaf Oo1 repaired and final 5 index lvs and free endpapers (formerly) sticking together/ dam.; 2 frontisp. cut sl. short; all vols. occas. internal and external imperfections. First editions of the three last books, added to the Amadis de Gaule series at the beginning of the 17th century. Please note the remarkable difference in thickness of the bookblocks between these vols. and those of the following lot, containing books 22 and 24. See also lots 350-351 in this auction. (total 3 vols.)
Traitant les hauts Faits d'Armes, Amours & vertus nompareilles, avec les estranges Avantures mises à fin tant par les Princes illustres yssus de la noble maison d'Amadis, qu'autres vaillans Chevaliers, en la queste & pourchas de la delivrance des deux ieunes Princes Safiraman & Hercules d'Astre./ Le vingt et troisiesme/ Le vingt et quatriesme et dernier livre d'Amadis de Gaule. Continuant a traiter des Amours, gestes & faicts Heroiques de plusieurs illustres & vertueux Princes descendus de la race du grand Amadis: & notamment du vaillant Fulgoran, fils de Rogel de Grece & de la Roine Florelle. Paris, O. de Varennes (book 22)/ C. Rigaud (book 23)/ G. Robinot (book 24) 1615. 3 vols., (26),857,(10); (8),920,(12); ((8),853, (17) p., w. 3 ident. engr. frontisp. by Iaspar Isac, 18th unif. mor., all vols. w. triple gilt fillet line around sides, gilt edges of covers and inside dentelles, gilt and ribbed spines, a.e.g.
Book 23 lvs NnIV and NnV replaced in neat manuscript, leaf Oo1 repaired and final 5 index lvs and free endpapers (formerly) sticking together/ dam.; 2 frontisp. cut sl. short; all vols. occas. internal and external imperfections. First editions of the three last books, added to the Amadis de Gaule series at the beginning of the 17th century. Please note the remarkable difference in thickness of the bookblocks between these vols. and those of the following lot, containing books 22 and 24. See also lots 350-351 in this auction. (total 3 vols.)
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