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ALCIATUS, Andreas (1492-1550). Livret des emblemes. Translated from Latin by Jean Le Fèvre (1493-1565). Paris: Christian Wechel, 1536.
Small 8° (145 x 89mm). Latin text in italic letter, French translation in lettres bâtardes on alternate pages. Wechel's Pegasus device on title, 113 woodcuts by Jean or Mercure Jollat, woodcut initials. (Title remargined, without final leaf Q4 which is blank except for the publisher’s device, repair to Q3 affecting a few letters, A2 repaired in the inside margin.) Tan polished calf by Koehler, signed, gilt triple fillet, spine gilt ruled in compartments, gilt edges (corners lightly rubbed, spine lightly scuffed). Provenance: Yemeniz (bookplate, his sale, Drouot, Mai 1867, n.2106) -- Ambroise Firmin-Didot (label; his sale, Drouot, 12-17 June 1882, n.447) – ‘PB’ small monogram stamped in purple ink.
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH TRANSLATED BY JEAN LE FEVRE, OF ALCIATUS’ PHENOMENALLY POPULAR EMBLEM BOOK, CONSTITUTING ALSO THE FIRST VERNACULAR EMBLEM BOOK.
Jean Le Fèvre (1493-1565) is said to have been secretary to the Cardinal de Givry, and no other literary works of his are known. Le Fèvre's translation is printed in a kind of parallel text, with the classic emblem arrangement on the verso, and the French motto and subscriptio - in bastard gothic - on the facing recto. The beautiful woodcuts are the work of Jean Jollat, possibly after an artist in the school of Holbein (Mortimer). Two issues appeared in the same year: this one, with the second line of the imprint ending ‘rue’ and the date in capital roman numerals; and another, with the date partly in minuscule and with the second line ending ‘en la’.
Brunet I, 148; Davies, Fairfax Murray French, 8; Landwehr Romanic, 18; Mortimer, Harvard French 14.
Small 8° (145 x 89mm). Latin text in italic letter, French translation in lettres bâtardes on alternate pages. Wechel's Pegasus device on title, 113 woodcuts by Jean or Mercure Jollat, woodcut initials. (Title remargined, without final leaf Q4 which is blank except for the publisher’s device, repair to Q3 affecting a few letters, A2 repaired in the inside margin.) Tan polished calf by Koehler, signed, gilt triple fillet, spine gilt ruled in compartments, gilt edges (corners lightly rubbed, spine lightly scuffed). Provenance: Yemeniz (bookplate, his sale, Drouot, Mai 1867, n.2106) -- Ambroise Firmin-Didot (label; his sale, Drouot, 12-17 June 1882, n.447) – ‘PB’ small monogram stamped in purple ink.
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH TRANSLATED BY JEAN LE FEVRE, OF ALCIATUS’ PHENOMENALLY POPULAR EMBLEM BOOK, CONSTITUTING ALSO THE FIRST VERNACULAR EMBLEM BOOK.
Jean Le Fèvre (1493-1565) is said to have been secretary to the Cardinal de Givry, and no other literary works of his are known. Le Fèvre's translation is printed in a kind of parallel text, with the classic emblem arrangement on the verso, and the French motto and subscriptio - in bastard gothic - on the facing recto. The beautiful woodcuts are the work of Jean Jollat, possibly after an artist in the school of Holbein (Mortimer). Two issues appeared in the same year: this one, with the second line of the imprint ending ‘rue’ and the date in capital roman numerals; and another, with the date partly in minuscule and with the second line ending ‘en la’.
Brunet I, 148; Davies, Fairfax Murray French, 8; Landwehr Romanic, 18; Mortimer, Harvard French 14.
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