TORY, Geoffrey. [Champ fleury:] L'art & science de la vraye proportion des lettres attiques, Paris: V. Gaultherot, 1549, 8°, second edition, 174 leaves (of 186, the second quire (*) called for by Mortimer and Y1.8 supplied in facsimile), profusely illustrated with woodcuts, with many plates of alphabets (tear touching shoulder notes in one leaf without loss), 19th-century red morocco gilt by W. Pratt. Mortimer Harvard French 526; Brunet V, 898]

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TORY, Geoffrey. [Champ fleury:] L'art & science de la vraye proportion des lettres attiques, Paris: V. Gaultherot, 1549, 8°, second edition, 174 leaves (of 186, the second quire (*) called for by Mortimer and Y1.8 supplied in facsimile), profusely illustrated with woodcuts, with many plates of alphabets (tear touching shoulder notes in one leaf without loss), 19th-century red morocco gilt by W. Pratt. Mortimer Harvard French 526; Brunet V, 898]

Provenance

C. W. Dyson Perrins (booklabels, sale Sotheby's 5 Nov. 1946, no. 426).

Lot Essay

The second edition of this important work on the early history of French typography. In his book on Tory, Bernhard cites only 176 leaves for this edition, indicating that copies which he had seen also lacked quire *.

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