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ROUILLE (Guillaume)
Promptuary of medals of the most renowned people who have been since the beginning of the world: with brief description of their lives & facts, collected from good authors. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1577.In-4, full wove paper, red edges (Hind binding).
Second French edition of this biography beginning with Adam and Eve up to Henri III. Conceived as a numismatic collection, it was published in 1577 and then put back on sale in 1581 with a butterfly on that date stuck opposite
the title
page
.
Considerably enlarged, it is illustrated with 963 portraits in an in-text medallion, including 3 empty frames, woodcuts after George Reverdy, Corneille de la Haye and, to the masters, we discover, among others, the portraits and notices of Clément Marot, Pierre de Ronsard, Melusine, Dante, Michelangelo
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The title of the first part, which is missing here, is contained in a typographic frame and decorated with the printer's mark, while that of the second part is illustrated with a vignette by Reverdy representing Moses receiving the Law. Each part contains an in-fine alphabetical table
.
Heavy wetting, scattered freckles. Beautiful edition of this important numismatic work richly illustrated with the text in French.
Promptuary of medals of the most renowned people who have been since the beginning of the world: with brief description of their lives & facts, collected from good authors. Lyon, Guillaume Rouille, 1577.In-4, full wove paper, red edges (Hind binding).
Second French edition of this biography beginning with Adam and Eve up to Henri III. Conceived as a numismatic collection, it was published in 1577 and then put back on sale in 1581 with a butterfly on that date stuck opposite
the title
page
.
Considerably enlarged, it is illustrated with 963 portraits in an in-text medallion, including 3 empty frames, woodcuts after George Reverdy, Corneille de la Haye and, to the masters, we discover, among others, the portraits and notices of Clément Marot, Pierre de Ronsard, Melusine, Dante, Michelangelo
...
The title of the first part, which is missing here, is contained in a typographic frame and decorated with the printer's mark, while that of the second part is illustrated with a vignette by Reverdy representing Moses receiving the Law. Each part contains an in-fine alphabetical table
.
Heavy wetting, scattered freckles. Beautiful edition of this important numismatic work richly illustrated with the text in French.