Guevara, Livre dore de Marc Aurele, Paris, 1538, contemporary calf

Guevara, Antonio de

Livre dore de Marc Aurele... traduict de vulgaire Castillian en Francoys par R.B. de la Grise... Nouvellement reveu et corrige. Paris: Guillaume le Bret (Etienne Caveiller, 9 November) 1538

8vo (148 x 92mm.), title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, ruled in red, yellow initial strokes, contemporary stamped calf, manuscript fragments in binding, lacking p5, x4-5 and Aa3-6, calf slightly defective, spine repaired, lacking two pairs of ties

This was issued with the name of different Parisian booksellers on the title-page; we have not traced another copy naming le Bret. The translator was René Berthault de la Grise.

LITERATURE:

BP16 108922; Renouard 914; USTC 37979 (none of these mentioning Le Bret)

PROVENANCE:

Doragny(?) avocat, signature on title-page; P. de Jollant, signature on rear flyleaf; Richard Heber, stamp on rear flyleaf, sale, part 1, Sotheby's, 28 April 1834, lot 4234, 1s., to Cruse; D.L. Cumming, signature on inside front cover