Le Tableau des riches inventions couvertes du voile des feintes amoureuses qui sont représentées dans le songe de Poliphile, desvoilées des ombres du songe et subtilement exposées par Béroalde.

Paris, Matthieu Guillemot, 1600

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4to: [17 incl. engr. title (of 19: lacking *ii and *iii)]-154 (ff. 125-128 bound after 132)-[6] ff. (title underl. with lacks of paper in the margins, marg. lacks of paper throughout mostly on upper magins, some sm. lacks in the text, some soiling and spotting).

19th-c. burgundy shagreen (spine sl. faded and rubbed). Sold w.a.f.; no subject to return.

First edition of the revision by Béroalde de Verville (1556-1626) of the translation by J. Martin of the famous "Poliphilo Hypnerotomachia", attributed to Fr. Colomna. Ill. with a nice alligorical engr. title (lacking in our copy) and 64 woodcuts in-text, coming from the 1561 edition by Kerver, after the drawings attributed to J. Gougon or J. Cousin. The phallic plates were censored.
Ref. Machiels C-547. - Pettegree FB 13717. - Tchemerzine I:675. - Brunet IV-779. - Pettegree FB 13717. - Machiels C 547. - Not in STC French.