[Binding with arms]. [Sixteenth century book]. GUEVARA (Anto - Lot 50

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[Binding with arms]. [Sixteenth century book]. GUEVARA (Anto - Lot 50
[Binding with arms]. [Sixteenth century book]. GUEVARA (Antonio de)]. Le mespris de la court, avec la vie rusticque On les vend à Paris Guillaume Le Bret, 1544. Four parts offering six pieces in 1 vol. in-24 (h=106mm.), red morocco, spine with 5 nerves decorated with a gilt stippling, title and date gilt, caissons decorated with small irons, triple gilt fillet bordering the boards, coat of arms in the centres, double gilt fillet at the edges, inner lace, edges gilt on marbling [Hardy-Mesnil] (sup. split; corner restored to first title with some letters missing; leaf B7 missing in part 3, as well as H7 at end, trimmed short with some letters touched at beginning of vol, tiny halo in q. foot margins, very moderate scattered russetting). First edition of this collection, of great rarity. It brings together several pieces relating to court life and its vicissitudes. The model was given by the Spanish Franciscan bishop and inquisitor, Antonio de Guevara (1481-1545), author of the first piece, translated here by Antoine Allègre (1500-1570), canon of Clermont-Ferrand. It was the subject of an edition shared between the Parisian booksellers Guillaume Le Bret and Galiot Du Pré. This one, addressed to Le Bret, contains 6 pieces, and is similar to the copy of Charles Nodier, addressed to Galiot du Pré, preserved at BnF (Rés. P-R-398). Sign. A 1-3, a 4-8, B-H 8, I 4; A-B 8, C 4; A 8, B 1-6, B 8, C-D 8 (mq. B7); Aa 8, B-G 8, H 6 (mq. H7). Provenance: Victor Masséna (1836-1910), 4th Duke of Rivoli, 5th Prince of Essling (binding with arms); Thomas Powell, an engineer of English origin settled in Rouen; his library was sold in Paris in 1888 (bookplate with the mention "Gwell Angau Neu Chivilydd", motto of the Royal Regiment of Wales). Modern ex-dono on upper flyleaf. (USTC 40335, conforming signature with different address; Brunet II, 1798-1799).
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