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Grillot, Jean
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3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Lyon affligé de contagion. Lyon: François de la Bottiere, 1629
8vo (6 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.; 168 x 105 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title (in mirror image), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, borders and heading ruled in red; small dampstain in lower outer corner of first few leaves. Modern vellum, gold ruled, gold-stamped title label on spine, edges gilt.
8vo (6 5/8 x 4 1/8 in.; 168 x 105 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title (in mirror image), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, borders and heading ruled in red; small dampstain in lower outer corner of first few leaves. Modern vellum, gold ruled, gold-stamped title label on spine, edges gilt.
Provenance
J[ules] Renard (engraved bookplate)
Literature
Krivatsy 5000
Condition
Woodcut printer's device on title (in mirror image), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, borders and heading ruled in red; small dampstain in lower outer corner of first few leaves. Modern vellum, gold ruled, gold-stamped title label on spine, edges gilt.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
First edition, published simultaneously with the Latin edition, of this vivid eyewitness account of the plague at Lyon in 1628-1629 written by a Jesuit Jean Grillot (d. 1647).The author attended those stricken but was fortunate to avoid infection.
This copy is extra-illustrated with a frontispiece depicting [in trans.] " the costume of the doctors and other people visiting those stricken with plague" which consisted of a leather cloak, a mask with eye slots made of crystal, and a long nose piece filled with perfume. This costume was designed by Charles de Lorme, physician of Louis XIII, but the illustration is first attested in a Traité de la Peste of 1721 (a title whose shadow can barely be made out in the image).