Hymnorum libri sex, ad Io. Bellaiu[m] [...].

Paris, R. Estienne, 7 February 1537

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Lot description

8vo: 238-[1-1 bl.] pp. (occ. marg. soiling, top outer corner of final quire of last work gnawed at).

Contemp. limp overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, remains of vellum ties (loosening, def. at overl. edges).

First edition of these hymns by "the French Horace" J. Salmon (1490-1557). Woodcut mark on title.
Ref. BP16 108673. - Moreau V:665. - Renouard 46:19. - Schreiber 54. - Not in Oberlé.
Prov. Contemp. ms. entry on 1st title.
Bound with: 1. Rossetus, P. - Christus, [2nd ed. by Hubert Sussanneau]. Paris, S. de Colines, October 1543. 56 ff. Repr. of the 1534 ed. of this epic poem on the life of Christ by Pietro Rosset. Woodcut mark on title. Printed in italics. Ref. BP16 111413. - Oberlé 200. - Renouard 383-384. - Schreiber 196. - 2. Patelinus, noua comoedia, alias Veterator, e vulgari lingua in Latina[m] traducta per Alexandrum Co[n]nibertum [...]. P., S. de Colines for Fr. Estienne, 1543. 28 ff. Latin translation (1st 1512) by Alexandre Connibert of the famous medieval "Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin". Woodcut mark on title. Printed in italics. Ref. BP16 111367. - Renouard (Colines) 381-382. - Schreiber (Estienne) 123. - Not in Oberlé. - 3. Heiric d'Auxerre - Diui Germani quondam Altissiodorensis episcopi vita [...] carmine concripta [...]. P., S. de Colines, 1543. 72 ff. (f. 65 loose, f. 72 as pastedown). Rare ed. of an early medieval epic poem on St. Germain of Paris (Germain d’Autun, 496-576) by the Benedictine Heiric d’Auxerre (841-876). Woodcut mark on title. Printed in italics. Ref. BP16 111262. - Renouard 377-378.