Gassendi, Nicolai Claudii Fabricii de Peiresc vita, Paris, 1641, contemporary tan calf gilt

4to (249 x 181 mm). Roman and some italic type, 30 lines plus headline. collation: A-3G⁴ [2]A-D⁴ (3G4v blank): 224 leaves. Engraved portrait of Peiresc bound in between B1 and B2, woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century manuscript descriptions of text to upper endleaf. (Some quires browned, some light spotting, marginal stains toward end.)

binding: Contemporary tan calf (256 x 188 mm), triple gilt fillets around sides, rectangular inner frame composed of triple gilt fillets, gilt vase with flowers at outer angles, spine with 5 full bands, gilt cruciform-shaped group of tools, stubs from 2 pairs of ties, marbled edges and pastedowns. (Binding somewhat rubbed and scraped, neat restorations to spine and edges, 45 x 30 mm repair to upper board, lacking ties.)

acquisition: Purchased in 2016 from Librairie Paul Jammes, Paris. references: USTC 6040144