Livre premier [- second] de Caesar renouvellé [rev. François de S. Thomas].

Lyon, J. Marcorelle for J. Saugrain, 1570 (col. Pt. II: 31 December 1569)

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Description du lot

8vo: [16]-89-[7], [14]-18-33/64-[8] pp. (stain in quires A-B).

Contemp. limp vellum (fore-edge of front cover dam.).

Very rare curious French trsl. of this biography of Caesar by the Italian author Simeoni (1509-1575), famous for his "Imprese". Pt. I is dedicated to the Dauphin de France, Pt. II to François de Haudelot, Sr. de Passy, Lieutenant-général en Lyonais & Beaujolais. Large woodcut mark on titles.
Ref. Pettegree FB 8108-9. - SvGültlingen (Saugrain) 220 = Baudrier IV:344. - STC French (BL) 402. - Dekesel S-161. - Not in Adams.
Prov. Some ms. moralistic verses on first flyleaf.

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