Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Lyon, 1561, contemporary French panel-stamped calf
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CATULLUS, GAIUS VALERIUS, ALBIUS TIBULLUS and SEXTUS PROPERTIUS.Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius. His accesserunt Corn. Galli fragmenta. Lyon: Heirs of Sébastien Gryphe, 1561
A charming painted binding on a small format edition of Roman elegiac poetry. For another binding using painted interlacing and a stippled ground, see Bibliotheca Brookeriana III, 9 July 2024, lot 647, from the workshop of Gommar Estienne.
16mo (123 x 70 mm). Italic type, 29 lines plus headline. collation: a-y8: 172 leaves. Woodcut printer’s device on title-page, ruled in red. (Title-page with washed inscription and slightly trimmed at foot, lightly browned.)
binding: Contemporary French panel-stamped interlaced calf gilt (127 x 80 mm), interlacing painted black within a white outer frame, centre decorated with stippled paint, spine with small gilt fleuron in compartments, gilt edges. (Foot of spine repaired, small repairs to corners, small cracks in joints.)
provenance: Swann Galleries, New York, 17 November 1994, lot 23. acquisition: Purchased at the preceding sale. references: USTC 153053; von Gültlingen V: Gryphe, 1449
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