Cyrillus Hierosolymitanus, Catecheses illuminatorum XVIII, Paris, 1564, Parisian fanfare armorial binding

8vo (168 x 105mm). Roman and italic types, 31 lines plus headline. collation: ā⁸ ē⁴ A–Z⁸ AA–BB⁸ C⁴ (last leaf blank): 216 leaves. Woodcut initials, ruled in red.

binding: Parisian primitive fanfare armorial binding, bande chargée d'une rose entre 2 molettes, ca. 1564, for a member of the Daffis family, 3 gilt fillets, around sides, design of interlacing strapwork forming central ovoid cartouche and semi-circular compartments above and below and at sides, all fields filled with curved and spiralling fillets bearing solid and azured leafy tools and stylized flower and bud tool, flat spine continuing cover design with a cartouche near head containing title "D./CYRIL/CATEC.", edges gilt and gauffered to a floral pattern. (Expert repairs to joints and spine ends.)

provenance: A member of the Daffis family (of Toulouse), arms on binding — inscription on title "Sancti Velusiani Fuxensis", probably the Abbaye St-Volusíen at Foix (destroyed in 1580 during the religious wars) — Cuvreau Expertises Enchères SVV, Livres rares, anciens et modernes, Paris, 24 March 2009, lot 9. acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. references: USTC 153484