Themistius, Orationes, Paris, 1618, contemporary calf with arms of J.A- de Thou and Gasparde de La Chastre

Themistius

Λογοι ΙΘ... Orationes XIX [edited by Denis Petau]. Paris: Sébastien Cramoisy, 1618

4to (227 x 165mm.), woodcut device on title-page, parallel text in Greek and Latin, contemporary tan calf with gilt arms of Jacques-Auguste de Thou and his second wife Gasparde de La Chastre [Olivier 216 fer 7], spine gilt in compartments with their IAG monogram [fer 9], speckled edges, occasional light browning, extremities slightly rubbed, spine slightly chipped at head

Other copies of this work are recorded with the imprint of Michel Sonnius and of Claude Morel.

LITERATURE

USTC 6015869

PROVENANCE

presumably one of the sons of Jacques-Auguste de Thou (1553-1617), arms on binding; [not found in Catalogus Bibliothecae Thuanae (Paris, 1679)]; Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise (1715-1787, who acquired the bulk of the de Thou library), his shelfmark on upper cover and on inside front cover, 3.C.P.T.3.B.48, sale, Paris, January 1789, lot 4564; Maggs Bros, catalogue 395 (1920), no. 1048