Live auction - Lot 1301
L’Imitation de Iesus-Christ, traduite & paraphrasée en vers François par P. Corneille.
Rouen, L. Maurry for R. Ballard (Paris), 1658
€ 400 / 500
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Lot description
4to: [18]-531-[1] pp.
19th-c. gold-tooled burgundy morocco, covers with triple gilt ruled border with gilt corner pieces, richly gilt spine with 5 raised bands, a.e.g., gilt inside dentelles, marbled endpapers (sl. rubbed, sm. def. at head and front joint). Excellent copy.
Rare 2nd 4to ed. (after the 1656 4to ed.) of the classic French translation by P. Corneille (1606-1684), first publ. Rouen 1651-1652. Engr. front. and 4 full-page engr. by F. Chauveau.
Ref. De Backer 191:2718-2770.