GUEVARA, Antonio de (c.1481-1545). Le livre doré de Marc Aurèle, empereur et éloquent orateur. Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1577. 8° (115 x 74mm). Woodcut vignette on title, woodcut initials. (Final leaf with printer's device bound at beginning, some repaired wormtracks affecting text, soiling and yellowing.) Green morocco by Brugalla, 1933, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from Librería Babra, 1937.

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GUEVARA, Antonio de (c.1481-1545). Le livre doré de Marc Aurèle, empereur et éloquent orateur. Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1577. 8° (115 x 74mm). Woodcut vignette on title, woodcut initials. (Final leaf with printer's device bound at beginning, some repaired wormtracks affecting text, soiling and yellowing.) Green morocco by Brugalla, 1933, gilt spine-lettering, turn-ins and edges. Provenance: purchased from Librería Babra, 1937.

This French translation of Guevara's great work first appeared in 1557, following its first printing in Spanish in Seville, 1527. Palau VI, 10134.

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