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[BINDING]. -- HEINSIUS, Daniel (1580-1655). Herodes infanticida, Tragoedia. Leiden: Elzevir, 1632.
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[BINDING]. -- HEINSIUS, Daniel (1580-1655). Herodes infanticida, Tragoedia. Leiden: Elzevir, 1632.
8o (158 x 102 mm). Contemporary red goatskin gilt, covers with border of gilt fillets and saw triangular dots, central gilt monograms of Fabri de Peiresc, spine in five compartments, titled in second and third, gilt shelf mark in the last (some light wear and rubbing, a few stains). Provenance: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637), antiquary, philologist and naturalist (Greek monogram on covers).
FIRST EDITION. FROM THE LIBRARY OF NICOLAS-CLAUDE FABRI DE PEIRESC of Aix-en-Provence, who amassed one of the largest private libraries of his time, of which a manuscript catalogue survives in Carpentras. Many of the books were bound by his house binder Simon Corberan, who was apparently the first to include dates in the spine lettering of his patron's books. The library was dispersed after Peiresc's death, and since then his provenance has become synonymous with bibliophile condition. J.-M. Arnoult, "Les livres de Peiresc dans les bibliothques parisiennes," in Revue francaise de l'histoire du livre 24 (1979) pp. 591-609.
8o (158 x 102 mm). Contemporary red goatskin gilt, covers with border of gilt fillets and saw triangular dots, central gilt monograms of Fabri de Peiresc, spine in five compartments, titled in second and third, gilt shelf mark in the last (some light wear and rubbing, a few stains). Provenance: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637), antiquary, philologist and naturalist (Greek monogram on covers).
FIRST EDITION. FROM THE LIBRARY OF NICOLAS-CLAUDE FABRI DE PEIRESC of Aix-en-Provence, who amassed one of the largest private libraries of his time, of which a manuscript catalogue survives in Carpentras. Many of the books were bound by his house binder Simon Corberan, who was apparently the first to include dates in the spine lettering of his patron's books. The library was dispersed after Peiresc's death, and since then his provenance has become synonymous with bibliophile condition. J.-M. Arnoult, "Les livres de Peiresc dans les bibliothques parisiennes," in Revue francaise de l'histoire du livre 24 (1979) pp. 591-609.