![DU CHOUL, Guillaume (1496-1560). Discorso sopra la castrametatione. [Bound with:] De bagni antichi de i Greci & Romani. Lyon: Guglielmo Rovillio, 1555. 2 works in one volume, 2° (321 x 228mm). Large woodcut device on title, large historiated woodcut initials, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, 37 large woodcut illustrations to first work and 6 large woodcut illustrations to second, large folding letterpress table. (Folding table worn, marginal wormtracks, browning and some occasional waterstaining.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title and shelf mark label on spine (lacking ties, some staining). Provenance: early annotations on verso of second work -- unidentified stamp on title -- Biblioteca Prov. Ven. Med. S.I. Letteraria (stamp on title of first work and f1) -- Compagnia del Gesú (book label).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2013/CSK/2013_CSK_09702_0304_000(du_choul_guillaume_discorso_sopra_la_castrametatione_bound_with_de_bag071725).jpg?w=1)
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DU CHOUL, Guillaume (1496-1560). Discorso sopra la castrametatione. [Bound with:] De bagni antichi de i Greci & Romani. Lyon: Guglielmo Rovillio, 1555. 2 works in one volume, 2° (321 x 228mm). Large woodcut device on title, large historiated woodcut initials, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, 37 large woodcut illustrations to first work and 6 large woodcut illustrations to second, large folding letterpress table. (Folding table worn, marginal wormtracks, browning and some occasional waterstaining.) Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title and shelf mark label on spine (lacking ties, some staining). Provenance: early annotations on verso of second work -- unidentified stamp on title -- Biblioteca Prov. Ven. Med. S.I. Letteraria (stamp on title of first work and f1) -- Compagnia del Gesú (book label).
FIRST ITALIAN EDITION. The first French edition was published by the same printer in the same year. The woodcuts, attributed to Pierre Eskrich, were prepared for the first French edition and recur in Rouille's folio and quarto editions in French, Italian and Spanish as late as 1581. Adams D-1028; Brunet II, 858 (French edition); Mortimer French 181.
FIRST ITALIAN EDITION. The first French edition was published by the same printer in the same year. The woodcuts, attributed to Pierre Eskrich, were prepared for the first French edition and recur in Rouille's folio and quarto editions in French, Italian and Spanish as late as 1581. Adams D-1028; Brunet II, 858 (French edition); Mortimer French 181.